TY - JOUR
T1 - Subjective Well-being and Environmental Quality
T2 - The Impact of Air Pollution and Green Coverage in China
AU - Yuan, Liang
AU - Shin, Kongjoo
AU - Managi, Shunsuke
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan ( MEXT ) under a Specially Promoted Research grant [ 26000001 ]. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the MEXT.
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PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - 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 people's subjective well-being (SWB) in China using self-reported life satisfaction (LS) from survey data combined with the city-level air quality index (AQI) and green coverage data. The results show that air pollution and green coverage are significantly negatively and positively correlated with LS, respectively. The total effect of green coverage on life satisfaction constitute of a direct effect of green space itself and indirect effects through improving air pollution and health. The implicit monetary valuations of a 1-unit reduction in the AQI and a 1% increase in green coverage according to the respondent's annual gross individual income are approximately 239–280 USD (1.7%–2.0%) and 420–444 USD (3.0%–3.2%), respectively. The results also indicate that the average benefit from a 1% change in green coverage for people with a poor subjective health evaluation is almost 2 times higher than that for their counterparts.
AB - 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 people's subjective well-being (SWB) in China using self-reported life satisfaction (LS) from survey data combined with the city-level air quality index (AQI) and green coverage data. The results show that air pollution and green coverage are significantly negatively and positively correlated with LS, respectively. The total effect of green coverage on life satisfaction constitute of a direct effect of green space itself and indirect effects through improving air pollution and health. The implicit monetary valuations of a 1-unit reduction in the AQI and a 1% increase in green coverage according to the respondent's annual gross individual income are approximately 239–280 USD (1.7%–2.0%) and 420–444 USD (3.0%–3.2%), respectively. The results also indicate that the average benefit from a 1% change in green coverage for people with a poor subjective health evaluation is almost 2 times higher than that for their counterparts.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.04.033
DO - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.04.033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050262758
VL - 153
SP - 124
EP - 138
JO - Ecological Economics
JF - Ecological Economics
SN - 0921-8009
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