Can a healthy climate make us happier?: a study on climate change and other effects affecting happiness

Combating climate change is a shared responsibility. It affects the livelihood of all living species on Earth through the access to resources and the physical environment, which impacts our health, happiness, and economic activities. For this reason, we expect individuals to have a preference for ce...

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Main Authors: Ang, Nellie Xin Rui, Tan, Cheryl Jia Yi, Toh, Wen Hui
Other Authors: Tang Cheng Keat
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Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1662522023-04-30T15:31:54Z Can a healthy climate make us happier?: a study on climate change and other effects affecting happiness Ang, Nellie Xin Rui Tan, Cheryl Jia Yi Toh, Wen Hui Tang Cheng Keat School of Social Sciences c.k.tang@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences Combating climate change is a shared responsibility. It affects the livelihood of all living species on Earth through the access to resources and the physical environment, which impacts our health, happiness, and economic activities. For this reason, we expect individuals to have a preference for certain types of climate. Using data obtained from the World Values Survey, this paper estimates the impact of climate change on self-reported happiness and how this relationship varies across space and time. In this paper, maximum temperature (tmx) is selected as the climate change variable. Our estimates suggest that the self-reported levels of happiness fall as the severity of climate change increases. We have also determined that countries in different regions of the world report varying levels of happiness given their geographical climate. Colder countries record increased happiness as they move closer to the ideal temperature range while warmer countries are reporting higher levels of unhappiness with a marginal increase in tmx. To gain further insights on the relationship between happiness and tmx, this paper extends into studying further effects of this relationship by including interaction terms - “tmx x male”, “tmx x employed” and “tmx x education” and quadratic terms. Bachelor of Social Sciences in Economics 2023-04-24T06:59:17Z 2023-04-24T06:59:17Z 2023 Final Year Project (FYP) Ang, N. X. R., Tan, C. J. Y. & Toh, W. H. (2023). Can a healthy climate make us happier?: a study on climate change and other effects affecting happiness. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/166252 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/166252 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Ang, Nellie Xin Rui
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Can a healthy climate make us happier?: a study on climate change and other effects affecting happiness
description Combating climate change is a shared responsibility. It affects the livelihood of all living species on Earth through the access to resources and the physical environment, which impacts our health, happiness, and economic activities. For this reason, we expect individuals to have a preference for certain types of climate. Using data obtained from the World Values Survey, this paper estimates the impact of climate change on self-reported happiness and how this relationship varies across space and time. In this paper, maximum temperature (tmx) is selected as the climate change variable. Our estimates suggest that the self-reported levels of happiness fall as the severity of climate change increases. We have also determined that countries in different regions of the world report varying levels of happiness given their geographical climate. Colder countries record increased happiness as they move closer to the ideal temperature range while warmer countries are reporting higher levels of unhappiness with a marginal increase in tmx. To gain further insights on the relationship between happiness and tmx, this paper extends into studying further effects of this relationship by including interaction terms - “tmx x male”, “tmx x employed” and “tmx x education” and quadratic terms.
author2 Tang Cheng Keat
author_facet Tang Cheng Keat
Ang, Nellie Xin Rui
Tan, Cheryl Jia Yi
Toh, Wen Hui
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author Ang, Nellie Xin Rui
Tan, Cheryl Jia Yi
Toh, Wen Hui
author_sort Ang, Nellie Xin Rui
title Can a healthy climate make us happier?: a study on climate change and other effects affecting happiness
title_short Can a healthy climate make us happier?: a study on climate change and other effects affecting happiness
title_full Can a healthy climate make us happier?: a study on climate change and other effects affecting happiness
title_fullStr Can a healthy climate make us happier?: a study on climate change and other effects affecting happiness
title_full_unstemmed Can a healthy climate make us happier?: a study on climate change and other effects affecting happiness
title_sort can a healthy climate make us happier?: a study on climate change and other effects affecting happiness
publisher Nanyang Technological University
publishDate 2023
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/166252
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