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  • An Empirical Model of Demand for Future Health States when Valuing Risk-Mitigating Programs 
    Cameron, Trudy Ann; DeShazo, J. R. (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2004-03)
    We develop a structural option price model in which individuals choose among competing risk-mitigating programs to alter their probability of experiencing future years in various degraded health states. The novel aspects ...
  • Endogenous Lifetime and Economic Growth 
    Chakraborty, Shankha (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2002-01-26)
    Conventional wisdom attributes the severity of mortality in poorer countries to widespread poverty and inadequate living conditions. This paper considers the possibility that persistent poverty may arise, in turn, from a ...
  • Mortality, Human Capital and Persistent Inequality 
    Chakraborty, Shankha; Das, Mausumi (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2003-03-20)
    Available evidence suggests high intergenerational correlation of economic status, and persistent disparities in health status between the rich and the poor. This paper proposes a novel mechanism linking the two. We introduce ...
  • Valuing Children’s Health and Life: What Does Economic Theory Say About Including Parental and Societal Willingness To Pay? 
    Harbaugh, William (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2001-06-01)
    Governments can and do adopt many policies that will improve the health and reduce the mortality risks of children. Given this, estimates of the value of improvements in children’s health and reductions in their mortality ...

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