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), provides an estimate of the health impacts of current concentrations of air pollutants in the Republic of Slovakia across its … can be conducted in the future. The study is motivated by the need to better understand the extent of the health …
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findings for a large sample of all VSL estimates based on labor market studies using CFOI data and for four meta-analysis data …-corrected estimates of VSL based on the CFOI data include the values that are currently used by government agencies, which are in line …Meta-regression estimates of the value of a statistical life (VSL) controlling for publication selection bias often …
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of these estimates: primarily the problem that VSL is significantly related to the size of the mortality risk reduction …Recent focus on cost-benefit/socio-economic assessment of government “life-saving” programmes within public health …, pharmaceutics, transport, and civil contingencies has spurred a wave of empirical research on the value of a statistical life (VSL …
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statistical life (VSL) based on the respondents' rear- seatbelt usage is similar to the estimate found using the respondents …' stated WTP. However, when estimating VSL based on the respondents' use of bicycle helmets we find a significantly higher VSL …; the VSL from bicycle-helmet usage is 7 times higher than the estimate based on seatbelt usage. Moreover, we do not find …
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fatalities, referred to as the value of a statistical life (VSL), and summarizes recent published empirical evidence on VSL in … from 13 to 57 million Swedish kronor (€1.4 to €6.1 million). Currently, official authorities in Sweden recommend a VSL of … 22 million Swedish kronor (€2.4 million).<P> Conclusion: In order to conduct an economic evaluation of a life …
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statistical life (VSL) based on the respondents' rear-seatbelt usage is similar to the estimate found using the respondents …' stated WTP. However, when estimating VSL based on the respondents' use of bicycle helmets we find a significantly higher VSL …; the VSL from bicycle-helmet usage is 7 times higher than the estimate based on seatbelt usage. Moreover, we do not find …
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less safety, and the value of statistical life (VSL). We present econometric estimates that in the important case of … workers' decisions concerning exposure to fatal injury risk there is no statistically significant divergence between … in tradeoff rates for increases and decreases in risk. An important implication for policy is that it is reasonable to …
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less safety, and the value of a statistical life (VSL). We present econometric estimates using panel data to analyze the … VSL levels associated with job changes that may affect the worker’s exposure to fatal injury risks. Our baseline VSL …-to-accept VSL estimates associated with wage increases for greater risks and willingness-to-pay VSL estimates as reflected in wage …
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