Income and Preferences for the Environment: Evidence from Subjective Well-Being Data

Susana Ferreira and Mirko Moro

Environment and Planning A, 2013, vol. 45, issue 3, 650-667

Abstract: Do people care more about the environment as their income increases? In this paper we use a measure of subjective well-being to directly analyze whether the impact of a number of environmental amenities on self-reported life satisfaction varies with income. We find little empirical support for the marginal effects of environmental amenities being larger for the richest.

Keywords: environmental preferences; environmental amenities; subjective well-being; life satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1068/a4540

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