John Lott's Website: Safer swing sets, more injuries

3/29/2007

Sam Peltzman noted this type of possibility for cars over 30 years ago.

an Australian study recently found that playground injuries continue to rise despite safety improvements. One of the suspected reasons: the safe new play structures are so boring that kids are taking more risks in order to have fun. . . .

Labels: Economics

1 Comments:

toyfj40 said...: Thank you for the reference.
As usual, my curiosity led me to seek more information on Sam Peltzman.
I found an interesting interview/podcast on
http://www.EconTalk.org/
which, in turn, references
http://CafeHayek.TypePad.com/
(I presume is attributed to Friedrich von Hayek and not to Salma ); 3/29/2007 11:21 AM