Previous studies evaluating the welfare cost of air pollution have not paid much attention to its potential effect on … pollution on several key dimensions, including mental health status, depressive symptoms, moment-to-moment happiness, and … evaluative happiness. We match a nationwide longitudinal survey in China with local air quality and rich weather conditions …

This paper estimates the monetary value of cutting PM2.5, a dominant source of air pollution in China. By matching … interviews in China, we are able to estimate the relationship between local concentration of particulate matter and individual …, essentially a happiness-based measure of willingness-to-pay for mitigating air pollution. We find that people on average are …

air pollution would be higher if the hidden costs of air pollution on SWB in China are taken into account. … satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and … to air pollution across similar respondents living in the same county, we find that PM2.5 reduces hedonic happiness and …

We investigate the effect of exposure to air pollution on an individual's likelihood towards entrepreneurship using … panel data in China. To address omitted variable bias and endogeneity arising from self-selection into entrepreneurship and … individuals exposed to higher levels of air pollution are less likely to become entrepreneurs or diversify their entrepreneurial …

Existing studies that evaluate the impact of pollution on human beings understate its negative effect on cognition … subjective well-being using China as an example. By matching a unique longitudinal dataset at the individual level, which …