health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in … subjective well-being, higher depression rates and lower subjective survival probabilities; they rely more on governmental …

health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in … subjective well-being, higher depression rates and lower subjective survival probabilities; they rely more on governmental …

, income, and health on aggregated subjective well-being (SWB) as measured by state-level WBI. Over 80% of the variation in SWB … across states can be explained by differences in education, income, health, age, trust, stress, temperature, religion, and …

based on individuals’ ratings of their happiness or life satisfaction rather than on their preferences. In the context of a …

based on individuals' ratings of their happiness or life satisfaction rather than on their preferences. In the context of a …

This paper assesses the long-term subjective well-being and mental health toll of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 in the … causal long-term effect of the disaster on life satisfaction is established by exploiting variation in official radiation … data which are linked to survey respondents through information on their place of living in 1986. We find higher depression …

statistically significant impacts on a wide range of subjective well-being measures, including life satisfaction, self …-assessed health, mental health, psychological distress, and vitality. The estimated relationships are mainly non-monotonic in nature … health and psychological distress scores. There are also gender differences in the estimated effects, with the intake of …