ОЦЕНКА ВЛИЯНИЯ КЛИМАТА НА УДОВЛЕТВОРЕННОСТЬ ЖИЗНЬЮ В ЦЕЛОМ

С. 348–354.

Мкртчян Г. М., Блам И. Ю., Цвелодуб Ю. О.

The paper presents a research on the possible impact of climate change on well-being of Russia’s population. Specifically, it provides numerical estimates of the degree of dependence of subjective well-being valuations on regional climate parameters. As a working hypothesis, it is assumed that subjective happiness estimates recovered via panel surveys reflect rational individual preferences that may be represented by a utility function while the parameters of that function can be estimated using an econometric model. An econometric estimation of the parameter values of a happiness function was conducted using an ordered probit regression model. The model is built on the data provided by the Rosstat statistical agency and the primary data of the Russian Longitude Monitoring Survey (RLMS-HSE). The results of the regression suggest that the climate factor has a highly significant effect on a respondents’ self-reported life quality valuation, as significant as the impact of other factors such as money income, employment status, health condition, etc. The results may be of interest to the researchers in the field of economic valuation of the consequences of climate change. Also, they present an alternative method to evaluate the efficiency of public policies aimed at the prevention of climate changes.

Keywords: climate, эконометрическая оценка, субъективная удовлетворенность жизнью, econometric analysis, климатические факторы, subjective well-being valuations

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ЭКОЛОГИЯ. ЭКОНОМИКА. ИНФОРМАТИКА. СЕРИЯ: СИСТЕМНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ И МОДЕЛИРОВАНИЕ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИХ И ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ СИСТЕМ Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки "Федеральный исследовательский центр Южный научный центр Российской академии наук" (Ростов-на-Дону)

Т. 1: СИСТЕМНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ И МОДЕЛИРОВАНИЕ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИХ И ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ СИСТЕМ. , Институт аридных зон, Южный научный центр РАН, Южный федеральный университет, 2017.