Fudan-LSE Lecture Series No.48

复旦-LSE讲座系列第48期

Title/题目: 

The economic benefits of avoiding IQ losses due to chemical exposure: Evidence from 11 countries化学品接触、智商下降与经济损益

Speaker/主讲人: 

Prof. Susana Mourato, London School of Economics and Political Science

穆瑞托教授 伦敦政治经济学院

Host/主持人: 

Prof. Yijia Jing, IGPP, Fudan University

敬乂嘉教授 复旦大学全球公共政策研究院

Time/时间: 

12:00-13:00 (Beijing Time), November 6th

北京时间11月6日12:00-13:00

Venue/地点: 

Room 805E, 8th Floor, West Sub-building of Guanghua Towers

光华楼西辅楼8楼805E会议室

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主讲人介绍/ The Speaker：

Professor Susana Mourato is Vice-President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research) and Professor of Environmental Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She provides strategic leadership for LSE’s world-leading research, knowledge exchange and impact, as well as advancing collaborations with key institutional partners and funders. She also oversees the School’s innovation, consulting and entrepreneurship activity, has responsibility for postgraduate research students and for LSE’s British Library of Political and Economic Science.

Susana is a leading expert in environmental valuation, developing and applying economic valuation techniques to a wide range of environmental, health, and cultural heritage goods and services. She has also undertaken research on the links between subjective well-being and the environment, and more recently on using insights from behavioural economics to promote sustainable behaviours. She has over 120 scientific publications, including papers in leading journals of her field and 4 books, and many years of experience in advice and policy work for governments, international organisations, industry, and charities. She is an associate of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and was Head of LSE’s Department of Geography & Environment as well as Academic Director of LSE Summer School.

讲座内容/ Abstract:

Chemicals are part of our daily life but need to be managed to limit the risks to human health and the environment. Managing and regulating chemicals requires robust estimates of their economic costs and benefits. Exposure to chemicals has been shown to affect IQ in children. IQ loss is associated with lower educational achievement, lower lifetime income, and higher probability to engage in criminal behaviour. This study estimates the economic value of avoiding reductions in IQ in children due to chemical exposure. Through willingness to pay surveys conducted in 11 countries we find that on average respondents value the avoidance of IQ loss in children at around USD 3,000 per IQ point, over 5 years.