Journal
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES A-STATISTICS IN SOCIETY
Volume 179, Issue 1, Pages 203-228Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12118
Keywords
Climate; Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey; Life satisfaction; Mood; Subjective wellbeing; Weather
Funding
- Australian Government Department of Social Services
- Australian Research Council [DP1095497]
- Australian Research Council [DP1095497] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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The paper reports results from the first ever study of the effect of short-term weather and long-termclimate on self-reported life satisfaction that uses longitudinal data. We find robust evidence that day-to-day weather variation impacts self-reported life satisfaction. Utilizing two sources of variation in the cognitive complexity of satisfaction questions, we present evidence that weather effects arise because of the cognitive challenge of reporting life satisfaction. We do not detect a relationship between long-term climate and self-reported life satisfaction by using an individual fixed effects specification, which identifies climate impacts through individuals moving location.
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