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Nuclear accidents on policy: Notes on public perception
Richter, Felix; Steenbeck, Malte; Wilhelm, Markus - 2012
greater worries about the environment. Furthermore, we find evidence for an increase in reported levels of happiness and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332596
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Rhythms and cycles in happiness
Maennig, Wolfgang; Steenbeck, Malte; Wilhelm, Markus - 2013
This study analyses time-dependent rhythms in happiness in three aspects. We show that the Sunday neurosis exists exclusively for men with a medium level of education and both men and women with high levels of education. Men with high levels of education may even experience a weekend neurosis....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009751013
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Measuring nuclear power plant externalities using life satisfaction data : a spatial analysis for Switzerland
Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - 2015
estimate the relationship between Swiss citizens' life satisfaction (understood as a proxy of utility) and the distance of … their place of residence from the nearest nuclear power plant. Controlling for a rich set of life satisfaction factors, we … find a statistically and economically significant satisfaction-distance gradient, whose monetary value amounts to CHF 291 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470383
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Well-being effects of a major negative externality : the case of Fukushima
Rehdanz, Katrin; Welsch, Heinz; Narita, Daiju; Okubo, … - 2013
Following a major earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan, a tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three reactors in Fukushima, causing a major nuclear accident on 11 March 2011. Based on a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach we use panel data for 5,979 individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771210
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The long-run consequences of Chernobyl : evidence on subjective well-being, mental health and welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
This paper assesses the long-run toll taken by a large-scale technological disaster on welfare, well-being and mental health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in radioactive fallout to respondents of a nationally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364760
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The long-run consequences of Chernobyl : evidence on subjective well-being, mental health and welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
This paper assesses the long-run toll taken by a large-scale technological disaster on welfare, well-being and mental health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in radioactive fallout to respondents of a nationally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370275
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Well-being effects of a major negative externality : the case of Fukushima
Rehdanz, Katrin; Welsch, Heinz; Narita, Daiju; Okubo, … - 2013
Following a major earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan, a tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three reactors in Fukushima, causing a major nuclear accident on 11 March 2011. Based on a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach we use panel data for 5,979 individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009778505
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The impact of local shocks on well-being : only a matter of perception?
Stein, Wiebke; Weisser, Reinhard A. - 2018
This paper investigates how witnessing adverse events affects individuals' perceptions and consequently their personal subjective well-being. In order to do so, we compare material well-being dynamics with changes in subjective well-being. We link GIS data on local flood shocks to an extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913317
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Fukushima's Shadow
Davies, Lincoln L. - 2016
The March 11, 2011 tragedy at the Fukushima Daiichi power station in Japan immediately etched its place in history as arguably the most noteworthy of the three nuclear energy disasters to date. This Article surveys the response to Fukushima both in Japan and worldwide. It observes that rather...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002580
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness : do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian (contributor);  … - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919804