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Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Mental Health and Subjective Well-being?

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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.
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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.

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

Air pollution reduces hedonic happiness and increases the rate of depressive symptoms, but has little effect on life satisfaction.