The Happiness Cost of Air Pollution - Low Carbon Economy

LCE > Vol.9 No.2, June 2018

The Happiness Cost of Air Pollution ()

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DOI: 10.4236/lce.2018.92005 1,076 Downloads 2,762 Views

Author(s)

Feng Chen

Affiliation(s)

Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

ABSTRACT

This paper chooses the air quality index (AQI) as the main measure of air pollution, using the relevant data of CGSS (2013) to analyze the impact of air pollution and subjective well-being of residents. In the end, the paper is based on the above research in order to analysis the willingness to pay for air quality improvement, and help the government put forward the corresponding policy suggestions.

KEYWORDS

Ordered Probit Model, Subjective Well-Being, Air Pollution

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Chen, F. (2018) The Happiness Cost of Air Pollution. Low Carbon Economy, 9, 63-74. doi: 10.4236/lce.2018.92005.

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