VALUING REDUCED RISKS TO CHILDREN: THE CASE OF BICYCLE SAFETY HELMETS

By Robin R. Jenkins, N. Owens, Lanelle Bembenek Wiggins. 2001

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates Throughout the World (2003, unknown): “Similarly, the study by Jenkins, Owens, and Wiggins (2001) examines the purchase of bicycle helmets.”
The value of a statistical life (2009, unknown): “, the purchase of car models (Atkinson and Halvorsen, 1990), safety products such as bicycle helmets (Jenkins et al., 2001), and car drivers’ decision whether to use a seat-belt or not (Blomquist, 1979; Hakes and Viscusi, 2007) have been used to estimate VSL.”
Context and the VSL: Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the Czech Republic (2011, background): “4 In the case of child mortality, Jenkins et al. (2001) use expenditures on bicycle helmets to infer the VSL for children of various ages and adults, and Blomquist et al. (1996) rely on time spent fastening car seatbelts.”
Willingness to Pay to Reduce Mortality Risks: Evidence from a Three-Country Contingent Valuation Study (2006, background): “Consumer behavior studies observe tradeoffs made by people between money (or time) and risk, as in the case of the purchase of a bicycle helmet ( Jenkins et al. 2001 ), but we are not aware of any such recent studies for Europe.”
The value of mortality risk reductions in Delhi, India (2006, background): “Studies involving bicycle helmets and car seats (Jenkins et al., 2001; Blomquist, Miller and Levy, 1996) are based on the assumption that, for the marginal buyer, the value of the risk reduction achieved equals the cost of buying it.”