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We estimate the demand value of road safety improvements in Switzerland from survey data using a novel elicitation approach. Individuals’ responses to questions about how much public spending on road safety should be increased are combined with observations of income, tax rate, and road usage...
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This paper presents a choice experiment, which values reductions in mortality risk on Alpine roads. These roads are on one hand threatened by common road hazards, on the other hand they are also endangered by natural hazards such as avalanches and rockfalls. Drawing on choice data from...
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To understand the household decision-making process regarding food expenditures for children in poor households in …) allocated money between themselves and nutritious meals for one of their children. First, we find strong empirical support for … children’s meals than men. Third, the spouses’ respective bargaining positions derived from consumption patterns strongly …
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development. We find significant impacts on cognitive development in children 0-60 months, with an average effect size of 0.13 SD …. We show differential impacts by type of transfer: 0-5-year-old children from families receiving the "health" transfer …, which targeted families with 0-5-year-old children only, benefited significantly from the program, whereas 0-5 year-olds in …
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"We examine the effect of exposure to toxic releases that are tracked by the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) on county-level infant and fetal mortality rates in the United States between 1989-2002. We find significant adverse effects of TRI concentrations on infant mortality rates, but not on...
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Obesity is increasing worldwide for both adults and children. Genetic disposition is responsible for some variation in … obesity in children and adults. This paper analyzes the effect of mother’s labor supply in childhood on young adults … importance of childhood environment on children’s later life outcome and the importance of behavioral changes in explaining the …
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of parental income, and that children appear to compare their actual income situation with the aspiration level acquired …
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