How green self image affects subjective well-being: pro-environmental values as a social norm

Recent literature has found that individuals holding a greener self-image display higher levels of life satisfaction. We extend the single-country setting of that research to a transnational perspective and explore whether a relationship exists between green self-image (GSI) and life satisfaction (L...

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Hauptverfasser: Welsch, Heinz 1955- (VerfasserIn), Kühling, Jan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oldenburg Department of Economics, University of Oldenburg 2017
Schriftenreihe:Oldenburg discussion papers in economics V-404-17 (October 2017)
Online-Zugang:10419/171170
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Zusammenfassung:Recent literature has found that individuals holding a greener self-image display higher levels of life satisfaction. We extend the single-country setting of that research to a transnational perspective and explore whether a relationship exists between green self-image (GSI) and life satisfaction (LS), both European-wide and at the national level. In order to explain differences in the GSI-LS relationship across nations and time, we study the role of pro-environmental values as a shared social norm. We find a significantly positive GSI-LS relationship in a pool of 35 European countries and in the majority of individual countries. In addition, we show that the well-being benefit of holding a green self-image is greater in societies that are less divided with respect to environmental attitudes, that is, where being green is a shared social norm
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