To what extent does air pollution affect happiness? The case of the Jinchuan mining area, China

Z Li, H Folmer, J Xue - Ecological Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents a structural equation model of happiness, as influenced by inter alia
perceived risk due to (i) intensity of exposure to polluted air, and (ii) hazard of pollutants. In …

Exploring the effect of subjective air pollution on happiness in China

Y Song, A Zhou, M Zhang - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Previous papers that study the relationship between air pollution and happiness have not
paid much attention to subjective air pollution. This paper attempts to explore the influence …

Happiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect mental health and subjective well-being?

X Zhang, X Zhang, X Chen - Journal of environmental economics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Previous studies evaluating the welfare cost of air pollution have not paid much attention to
its potential effect on mental health and subjective well-being (SWB). This paper attempts to …

Valuing air quality using happiness data: the case of China

X Zhang, X Zhang, X Chen - Ecological economics, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper estimates the monetary value of cutting PM2. 5, a dominant source of air pollution
in China. By matching hedonic happiness in a nationally representative survey with daily air …

Exploring the impact of environmental regulations on happiness: new evidence from China

S Guo, W Wang, M Zhang - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Lower happiness caused by environmental pollution has attracted widespread attention, but
existing studies have ignored the impact of environmental governance on happiness, and …

Preferences over prosperity and pollution: environmental valuation based on happiness surveys

H Welsch - Kyklos, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
This paper uses cross–national data from happiness surveys, jointly with data on per capita
income and pollution, to examine how self–reported well–being varies with prosperity and …

Subjective well-being and environmental quality: the impact of air pollution and green coverage in China

L Yuan, K Shin, S Managi - Ecological economics, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapid environmental degradation is a well-publicized issue, particularly in rapidly
developing countries. This study examines the impact of air pollution and green coverage on …

Does life satisfaction matter for pro-environmental behavior? Empirical evidence from China General Social Survey

E Wang, N Kang - Quality & Quantity, 2019 - Springer
A large body of literature has documented the effect of people's environmental behavior on
their life satisfaction. However, no attention has been paid to a plausibly reversal relation …

Variability in impact of air pollution on subjective well-being

G Du, KJ Shin, S Managi - Atmospheric Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper examines the impact of variability in impact of air pollution on life satisfaction
(LS). Previous studies have shown robust negative impact of air pollution on subjective well …

The environment and well-being in urban China

R Smyth, V Mishra, X Qian - Ecological economics, 2008 - Elsevier
We examine the relationship between atmospheric pollution, measured as sulphur dioxide
emissions, environmental disasters, traffic congestion, access to parkland and well-being in …