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How are you doing today? Air quality and subjective well-being across time and space in Germany

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  • Balleer, Almut
  • Hirsch, Michael
  • Nöller, Marvin

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We present evidence that air pollution negatively affects current well-being. To do so, we create a new dataset, matching particulate matter concentration at the exact day and location with individual-level survey responses about current life satisfaction. The panel structure of our data allows us to overcome several identification challenges in the literature. Additionally, we show how aggregation of air pollution across time and space mis-measures the relevant exposure. Our results further suggest that air pollution affects current well-being mostly through negative emotions like sadness or worry. We estimate the willingness to pay for clean air that refers to the direct, immediate effects of air pollution and can be mapped well to economic models.

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  • Balleer, Almut & Hirsch, Michael & Nöller, Marvin, 2025. "How are you doing today? Air quality and subjective well-being across time and space in Germany," Ruhr Economic Papers 1164, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:rwirep:324660
    DOI: 10.4419/96973349
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    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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