Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Mental Health and Subjective Well-being?
Xin Zhang,Xiaobo Zhang,Xi Chen +2 more
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It is shown that air pollution reduces hedonic happiness and increases the rate of depressive symptoms, while life satisfaction has little to do with the immediate air quality.About:
This article is published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.The article was published on 2017-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 389 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Happiness & Subjective well-being.read more
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