Subjective wellbeing: why weather matters

• Published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, Statistics in society Vol. 179; no. 1; pp. 203 - 228
• Main Authors: Feddersen, John, Metcalfe, Robert, Wooden, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2016; John Wiley & Sons Ltd; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Climate; Climatology; Cognition & reasoning; Complexity; Household; Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey; Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey; Life satisfaction; Mood; Quality of life; Reporting; Specifications; Statistics; Subjective wellbeing; Weather

The paper reports results from the first ever study of the effect of short-term weather and long-term climate 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 va...