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Pesticide Use, Health Impairments and Economic Losses Under Rational Farmers Behavior

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  • Konstantinos Chatzimichael
  • Margarita Genius

    (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece)

  • Vangelis Tzouvelekas

    (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece)

Abstract

The present paper develops a novel methodology for measuring the economic losses resulting from the negative health impacts of pesticides while taking into account their role as a damage control agent. To this effect a production model is presented that takes into account both the effect of the health impairment caused by pesticides on labor units and the pest control and crop enhancing properties of pesticides.

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  • Konstantinos Chatzimichael & Margarita Genius & Vangelis Tzouvelekas, 2020. "Pesticide Use, Health Impairments and Economic Losses Under Rational Farmers Behavior," Working Papers 2003, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    chemical pesticides; farmer's health; economic losses; greenhouse farms;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity

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