Environmental Quality and Life Satisfaction: Subjective Versus Objective Measures of Air Quality

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 599-616

  Liao, Pei shan ^a   Shaw, Daigee ^b   Lin, Yih ming ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Individual well being; Micro data; Perceived air quality; PSI

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CHANGE; STANDARD (REGULATION);

TAIWAN;

EID: 84951876719     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-014-0799-z     Document Type: Article

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