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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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Environmental economists use the value-of-statistical-life (VSL) approach to value mortality changes resulting from … characteristics of these economies. We apply our estimated VSL to assess the willingness to pay for reduction in mortality linked to … environmental improvement. Because of scarce data, VSL estimates are unavailable for most developing countries. Using robust …
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with our larger project on the valuation of morbidity and mortality risk reductions for policy analysis. This is a â …
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/child differences in illness latency. Monetary benefits of health risk reduction obtained from the integrated model are compared with …This paper develops and applies an integrated model of mortality and morbidity valuation that is consistent with the … facing the prospect of either being alive or dead is extended to incorporate (1) a third health state (sick) with a utility …
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