Petrol prices and subjective wellbeing

Prakash, Kushneel; Churchill, Sefa Awaworyi; Smyth, Russell

doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104867

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“…The empirical results show that higher petrol prices are correlated with lower SWB. This result is consistent with the findings of Boyd-Swan & Herbst (2012) and Prakash et al (2020) on the effects of petrol prices on SWB in the United States and Australia, respectively. Although public transport is convenient in most areas of China, income effects still dominate, indicating that people's reliance on cars is increasing in China.…”

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“…Petrol prices, for instance, have income effects that reduce SWB. When petrol prices increase, people allocate more disposable income to fuel expenses and lower their expenses on other well-being-enhancing activities (Prakash et al, 2020). On the other hand, petrol prices can also induce health effects that enhance SWB.…”

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“…We find that petrol prices have negative effects on SWB. By using longitudinal data to ease endogeneity issues, this paper provides insight into the relation between petrol prices and SWB in China, thus contributing to the research on energy and individual well-being (Boyd-Swan & Herbst, 2012;Prakash et al, 2020).…”

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Petrol Prices and Subjective Well-Being: Longitudinal Data Evidence From China

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2021

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This paper studies the effects of petrol prices on individuals' subjective well-being (SWB). Three waves of household data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study and petrol prices at the province level are used and ordered probit models are applied. The empirical results show that petrol prices are negatively associated with SWB due to income effects. The findings are robust to alternative independent variable measures and clustered standard errors.

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Petrol Prices and Subjective Well-Being: Longitudinal Data Evidence From China

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2021

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“…This follows the identification strategy initially proposed by Prakash et al. (2020) in their study of petrol prices and subjective wellbeing. It is also in the spirit of studies examining the relationship between energy poverty and health that have instrumented for energy poverty using energy prices (Awaworyi Churchill et al., 2020; Kahouli, 2020), as well as studies examining the relationship between income and health that have used commodity prices to instrument for income (Brukner & Antonio, 2007; Thomas & Strauss, 1997).…”

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“…To ensure that our results are robust to endogeneity, we instrument for petrol prices using the NYSE Arca Oil Stock prices index, which is a weighted price index of global leaders in oil exploration, production and development. This follows the identification strategy initially proposed by Prakash et al (2020) in their study of petrol prices and subjective wellbeing. It is also in the spirit of studies examining the relationship between energy poverty and health that have instrumented for energy poverty using energy prices (Awaworyi Kahouli, 2020), as well as studies examining the relationship between income and health that have used commodity prices to instrument for income (Brukner & Antonio, 2007;Thomas & Strauss, 1997).…”

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Petrol prices and obesity

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Obesity is a global public health issue that imposes significant social and economic costs on society. Often described as a public health emergency (Ayton & Ibrahim, 2019;Chan, 2013;James, 2018), worldwide over 1.9 billion adults are overweight or obese, which translates to approximately 40% of the world's adult population (WHO, 2020). In some developed countries, up to 80% of adults and 30% of children are overweight or obese (Finucane et al., 2011;Skinner et al., 2018). The high prevalence of obesity is particularly alarming, given that obesity has been linked with increased risk of myriad health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and stroke, among others (Casey et al., 2008). Understanding the factors that influence obesity has, thus, been the focus of a significant body of research. While biological factors contribute to the prevalence of obesity, emphasis is increasingly being placed on understanding the role that socioeconomic factors and the built environment play in influencing people's weight. To this point, research has mainly focused on the role of eating habits, physical

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Betting on the House: The Impact of Gambling on Homeownership in Australia

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Gambling is commonly associated with social and economic disadvantage. In this paper we examine the impact of gambling on homeownership, using Australian panel data. We find that gambling is associated with a lower probability of homeownership. Specifically, our endogeneity corrected estimates show that an increase in problem gambling is associated with between 1.6 and 1.8 percentage point decrease in the probability of owning a home depending on the model. Our result show that financial stress and social capital are channels through which gambling influences the probability of homeownership.

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Petrol prices and subjective wellbeing

Cited by 28 publications

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Petrol Prices and Subjective Well-Being: Longitudinal Data Evidence From China

Petrol Prices and Subjective Well-Being: Longitudinal Data Evidence From China

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