Study Luechinger (2007): study DE 1985
- Public
- 20+ aged, general public, Germany, followed 19 years, 1985-2003
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 33864
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Pollution
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- CHANGE in SO2 (μg/m3) concentration in air in region due to mandatory installation of scrubbing in powerplants
0 regions affected by this new technology
1 regions not yet affected (most polluted)
Observed Relation with Happiness
b(-.005) controlled for
- Household income (ln)
- Personal characteristics
- Age
- Disabled
- Marital status
- Number of children
- Citizenship
- Employment status
- Work property
- Job tenure
- Working hours
- The time of interview
- City size
Stronger negative among
- environmentally concerned people
- people at risk
- large households
Less negative among high income groups
Instrumental variable analysis suggest stronger negative effect