Environmental Quality and Life Satisfaction Evidence Based on Micro-Data

Environmental conditions are likely to have an effect on people's sense of life satisfaction, both directly and indirectly. In recent years there has been a burgeoning literature assessing the relationship between measures of environmental quality and subjective well-being. This type of studies...

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Main Author: Silva, Jérôme
Other Authors: de Keulenaer, Femke, Johnstone, Nick
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2012
Series:OECD Environment Working Papers
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520 |a Environmental conditions are likely to have an effect on people's sense of life satisfaction, both directly and indirectly. In recent years there has been a burgeoning literature assessing the relationship between measures of environmental quality and subjective well-being. This type of studies can be a useful input into the setting of policy priorities. In this paper, the effects of individual and contextual factors on satisfaction with environmental quality and life satisfaction are assessed, using micro-data from a broad cross-section of OECD and non-OECD countries collected in the framework of the Gallup World Poll. In the analysis it is found that actual and perceived environmental quality has a significant effect on life satisfaction, with the magnitude being approximately half that of self-reported health status