A comparison of willingness to pay to prevent child maltreatment deaths in ecuador and the united states

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1342-1355

  Corso, Phaedra S ^a   Ingels, Justin B ^a   Isabel Roldos, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis (BCA); Child maltreatment (CM); Contingent valuation (CV) surveys; Economic evaluation; Willingness to pay (WTP)

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL POLICY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECUADOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PREVENTION STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECUADOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876326386     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10041342     Document Type: Article

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