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Parental Altruism and Child Lead Exposure: Inferences from the Demand for Chelation Therapy

JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES, Vol. 31, No. 3, Summer 1996

Posted: 18 Sep 1996

See all articles by Mark D. Agee

Mark D. Agee

Pennsylvania State University

Thomas D. Crocker

University of Wyoming - College of Business - Department of Economics and Finance

Abstract

We use parents' decisions to treat their children's body burdens of lead to infer parental ex ante willingness to pay for reduced burdens. Willingness to pay is estimated with a data set containing 256 observations: the data were originally gathered to assess the impact of children's bodylead burdens upon their intellectual and behavioral development. Our results indicate that parental ex ante willingness to pay for a one percent reduction in child body lead burden exceeds the estimated ex post savings in medical treatment and compensatory education costs caused by the same reduction.

JEL Classification: I12, J13, Q20

Suggested Citation

Agee, Mark D. and Crocker, Thomas D., Parental Altruism and Child Lead Exposure: Inferences from the Demand for Chelation Therapy. JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES, Vol. 31, No. 3, Summer 1996, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3328

Mark D. Agee (Contact Author)

Pennsylvania State University ( email )

Altoona, PA 16601-3760
United States
814-949-5267 (Phone)
814-949-5547 (Fax)

Thomas D. Crocker

University of Wyoming - College of Business - Department of Economics and Finance ( email )

P.O. Box 3985
Laramie, WY 82071-3985
United States

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