The effect of children on adult demands for health-risk reductions

Cameron, Trudy Ann; DeShazo, J.R.; Johnson, Erica H.

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“…For instance, parents perceive greater risk Eibach, Libby, & Gilovich, 2003;Drottz-Sjoberg & Sjoberg, 1990) and make more risk-averse decisions than nonparents (Cameron, DeShazo, & Johnson, 2010;Chaulk, Johnson, & Bulcroft, 2003;Spivey, 2010;Wang, Kruger, & Wilke, 2009;Warner & Cramer, 1995).…”

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“…The association between parenthood and risk-vigilant attitudes has been a topic of interest to economists (e.g., Cameron et al, 2010;Leigh, 1986;Schmidt, 2008), evolutionary psychologists (e.g., Wang et al, 2009;Wilson, Daly, & Gordon, 2007), attachment theorists (e.g., Solomon & George, 1996), sociologists (e.g., Warr & Ellison, 2000), and social philosophers (e.g., Ruddick, 1995). However, because research on this topic has been correlational, the nature of the relationship between parenthood and risk-vigilant attitudes is unclear; it could be that more vigilant people become parents or it could be that parenthood makes people more vigilant.…”

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The vigilant parent: Parental role salience affects parents' risk perceptions, risk-aversion, and trust in strangers

Eibach

Mock

2011

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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The vigilant parent: Parental role salience affects parents' risk perceptions, risk-aversion, and trust in strangers

Eibach

Mock

2011

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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“…3 If WTP to reduce mortality risks depended only upon the number of expected lost life-years, we would see roughly identical WTP estimates for all deaths at the same age. In terms of lost life-years, it may be the case that "dead is dead," although people may be willing to pay more to increase their chances of staying alive long enough to experience major life events, such as a child's graduation or wedding, or to otherwise discharge their responsibilities for child rearing, one of the issues explored in Cameron et al (2010a). Control in Atlanta, Georgia. 4 Unfortunately for environmental health researchers, however, few environmental pollutants are classed as infectious.…”

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Valuing Morbidity in Environmental Benefit-Cost Analysis

Cameron

2014

Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ.

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For benefit-cost analysis of policies with respect to environmental and natural resources, economic researchers often require monetized values of households' willingness to pay for reductions in risks to human life and health. I briefly recap some of the main issues in the related task of valuing reductions in the risk of death. These issues also account for our considerably smaller literature on valuing reductions in morbidity risks. An important distinction is the issue of valuation in the space of illnesses versus valuation in the space of illness attributes. I compare the requirements for environmental benefit-cost analysis with the limitations of the standard approaches taken in costeffectiveness analysis in health economics, and I highlight some areas that are ripe for further research.

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“…The new expression states that increases in life expectancy will be more valuable in high fertility societies. Alternatively, (5) imply that willingness to pay for changes in adult mortality risk depend on parenthood status and the number of children in the household (see Cameron, DeShazo, andJohnson, 2007, andJenkins, Owens, andWiggins, 2001, for empirical estimates of the role of fertility in adult willingness to pay). As in the case of the consumption factor, increases in life expectancy are more valuable for low values of the elasticity of the fertility sub-utility in relation to its argument.…”

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“…4 Family composition and the timing of fertility however are important determinants of the willingness to pay for changes in mortality risk. Parents' willingness to pay for adult and child mortality risk reductions vary systematically with the presence and the age of children (Cameron, DeShazo, andJohnson, 2007, andDickey andUlery, 2001). …”

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Altruism, fertility, and the value of children: Health policy evaluation and intergenerational welfare

Birchenall

Soares

2009

Journal of Public Economics

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The effect of children on adult demands for health-risk reductions

Cited by 29 publications

References 26 publications

The vigilant parent: Parental role salience affects parents' risk perceptions, risk-aversion, and trust in strangers

The vigilant parent: Parental role salience affects parents' risk perceptions, risk-aversion, and trust in strangers

Valuing Morbidity in Environmental Benefit-Cost Analysis

Altruism, fertility, and the value of children: Health policy evaluation and intergenerational welfare

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