Author/Authors
Maddison، نويسنده , , David and Rehdanz، نويسنده , , Katrin، نويسنده ,
DocumentNumber
3541565
Title Of Article
The impact of climate on life satisfaction
شماره ركورد
5732
Latin Abstract
We analyse the influence of climate on average life satisfaction in 79 countries using data from the World Values Survey. Climate is described in terms of ‘degree-months’ calculated as the cumulated monthly deviations from a base temperature of 65 °F (18.3 °C). Our results suggest that countries with climates characterised by a large number of degree-months enjoy significantly lower levels of life satisfaction. This finding is robust to a wide variety of model specifications. Using our results to analyse a particular climate change scenario associated with the IPCC A2 emissions scenario points to major losses for African countries, but modest gains for Northern Europe.
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2437
NaturalLanguageKeyword
climate , climate change , Survey data , Happiness , life satisfaction
JournalTitle
Studia Iranica
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2445
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2445
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