On Techniques to Value the Impact of Environmental Hazards on Children's Health

Mark D. Agee and Thomas D. Crocker

No 280801, National Center for Environmental Economics-NCEE Working Papers from United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Abstract: This paper describes alternative empirical techniques of economic analysis to assess the monetary value of human health, and outlines the issues that arise when these techniques are transported to value environmental hazard interventions intended to improve the health of young children. It examines four economic valuation techniques currently used to assess changes in human health (i.e., cost of illness method, hedonic method, averting behavior method, and contingent valuation method) and critiques the applicability of these techniques for assessing the value of children's health changes.

Keywords: Demand and Price Analysis; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 62
Date: 2002-09
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.280801

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