Saving Lives with Indexed Disaster Funds: Evidence from Mexico

A del Valle - American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024 - aeaweb.org
Developing economies are not disproportionately exposed to natural disasters, but they
experience significantly more deaths. Exploiting a discontinuity in the eligibility rules for …

Can Social Protection Reduce Environmental Damages?

T Garg, GC McCord, A Montfort - Available at SSRN 3465356, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Why do damages from changes in environmental quality differ across and within countries?
Causal investigation of this question has been challenging because differences may stem …

[HTML][HTML] Factors influencing the willingness to pay for motorcycle safety improvement: a structural equation modeling approach

T Champahom, C Banyong, N Hantanong, C Se… - Transportation research …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study proposes a method for evaluating losses sustained from motorcycle crashes in
Thailand, utilizing the willingness to pay (WTP) approach. Value of statistical injury and …

An Economic Analysis of the Environmental Impact of PM2.5 Exposure on Health Status in Three Northwestern Mexican Cities

LA Becerra-Pérez, RA Ramos-Álvarez, JJ DelaCruz… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Introduction: This study provides an economic assessment of the health effects due to
exposure to particulate matter PM2. 5 in three medium-size cities of northwestern Mexico …

Health impacts of urban bicycling in Mexico

D Rojas-Rueda - International journal of environmental research and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Bicycling has been associated with health benefits. Local and national
authorities have been promoting bicycling as a tool to improve public health and the …

Enhancing information to improve outcomes: the impact of home visiting programs on maternal health

JG Olvera, JAR Pastrana - Journal of Population Economics, 2024 - Springer
We examine the impact of a home visiting program targeting pregnant women in Mexico City
on maternal mortality. Using administrative data and taking advantage of the program's …

Value per Statistical Life at the Sub-National Level as a Tool for Assessing Public Health and Environmental Problems

LA Becerra-Pérez, RA Ramos-Alvarez… - … : The Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article aims to estimate the Value per Statistical Life (VSL) and Value per Statistical Life
Year (VSLY) at the sub-national level, which can be used to calculate the economic impact …

The impact of daylight saving time in Mexico

MB Goodwin, F Gonzalez, M Fontenla - Applied economics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
We analyse the effect of Daylight Saving Time (DST) on automobile, acute myocardial
infarctions (AMI) and crime-related fatalities in Mexico from 1998 to 2018. We rely on a …

Improving alcohol management in primary health care in Mexico: A return‐on‐investment analysis

A Solovei, P Rovira, P Anderson… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Alcohol screening, brief advice and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in primary
health care is an effective strategy to decrease alcohol consumption at population level …

A statistical value of a human life in Slovakia

A Hájnik, K Čulík, A Kalašová, SS Kubíková - Transportation Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transport nowadays has a significant meaning for a society and it belongs to the important
conditions for the effective functioning of advanced economies. Transport is profitable for the …