Impacts of Indoor Air Quality on Working-Age Populations' Subjective Well-Being: Evidence From China Labor Dynamics Survey

IF 1.3 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Kyklos Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI:10.1111/kykl.12418

Zhengqing Zhou, Hongshan Ai, Xi Zhang

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Abstract

Outdoor air pollution can affect physical labor productivity and mental health, but it remains to be studied how indoor air quality (IAQ) exposure affects working-age populations' subjective well-being and physical health. Here, the first evidence of a link between IAQ and the subjective well-being of working-age populations has been provided using the dataset from a longitudinal survey in China. Using household ventilation as an instrument variable (IV) of IAQ revealed that IAQ improvements increased working-age populations' subjective well-being and life satisfaction by significantly affecting their physical health. Our analysis shows that an increase in IAQ by one standard deviation improves working-age populations' subjective well-being by 0.041 standard deviations. The marginal willingness to pay for IAQ is approximately 98.09 CNY. Compared with outdoor air quality, the impact of IAQ on well-being and life satisfaction is more conspicuous. The results are robust to a variety of alternative specifications. For developing countries, improving IAQ is a new channel toward enhancing life quality, with lower economic and social costs.

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室内空气质量对劳动年龄人口主观幸福感的影响：来自中国劳动力动态调查的证据

室外空气污染会影响体力劳动生产率和心理健康，但室内空气质量（IAQ）暴露如何影响劳动年龄人群的主观幸福感和身体健康仍有待研究。本文利用中国一项纵向调查的数据集，首次提供了室内空气质量与工作年龄人口主观幸福感之间存在联系的证据。将室内空气质量作为工具变量（IV）表明，室内空气质量的改善通过显著影响其身体健康来提高工作年龄人群的主观幸福感和生活满意度。我们的分析表明，室内空气质量每增加一个标准差，工作年龄人口的主观幸福感就会提高0.041个标准差。室内空气质量的边际支付意愿约为98.09元人民币。与室外空气质量相比，室内空气质量对幸福感和生活满意度的影响更为显著。结果对各种可选规范都具有鲁棒性。对于发展中国家来说，改善室内空气质量是提高生活质量的新途径，经济和社会成本较低。

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