Pesticide Use, Health Impairments and Economic Losses Under Rational Farmers Behavior

Konstantinos Chatzimichael, Margarita Genius and Vangelis Tzouvelekas

No 2003, Working Papers from University of Crete, Department of Economics

Abstract: The present paper develops a novel methodology for measuring the economic losses resulting from the negative health impacts of pesticides while taking into account their role as a damage control agent. To this effect a production model is presented that takes into account both the effect of the health impairment caused by pesticides on labor units and the pest control and crop enhancing properties of pesticides.

Keywords: chemical pesticides; farmer's health; economic losses; greenhouse farms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 I12 I30 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2020-04-08
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