2002 World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists

This paper examines the effect of neighborhoods on children’s health, concentrating on ambient pollution in the neighborhood as an important determinant of children’s health. A collective model with household production is developed, with two parents as decision-makers, and a single child. The collective framework distinguishes the two parents as separate decision makers. A simulation is employed using real-world parameters obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III to calibrate the model. The results of the collective framework are compared and contrasted with a unitary framework model where the household has a single preference function. The results show that important effects of household allocation decision-making come to light with the use of the collective framework.



	Paper Title:	Neighborhood Effects On Children's Health: A Collective Framework With Household Production
	Presenting Author:	Stefanos A Nastis (University of Wyoming)
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	Abstract:	This paper examines the effect of neighborhoods on children’s health, concentrating on ambient pollution in the neighborhood as an important determinant of children’s health. A collective model with household production is developed, with two parents as decision-makers, and a single child. The collective framework distinguishes the two parents as separate decision makers. A simulation is employed using real-world parameters obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III to calibrate the model. The results of the collective framework are compared and contrasted with a unitary framework model where the household has a single preference function. The results show that important effects of household allocation decision-making come to light with the use of the collective framework.
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	Session / Day / Time	17H / Thursday / 4:30 - 6:00 pm

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