Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
October 1, 2026
Summary:
We address an important research gap by quantifying the association between weather conditions (sunshine, rainfall, temperature anomalies) and individual financial, mental and physical health self-assessments. We compile a unique dataset of observations (1991–2018) by matching individual-level data (covering 380 Local Authorities) from the British Household Panel & UK Household Longitudinal Surveys to monthly and daily data from 32 weather stations. We provide robust evidence that favourable climatic conditions are positively related to the likelihood of reporting higher well-being assessments, and negatively related to adverse conditions (particularly temperature anomalies). The estimated weather monetary cost reaches 15% of monthly household income.
Published in
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Volume and page numbers
Volume: 88 , p.1108 -1123
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.70036
ISSN
03059049
Subjects
Notes
© 2026 The Author(s). Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics published by Oxford University and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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