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Does the cause of death matter? : the effect of dread, controllability, exposure and latency on the Vsl
Alberini, Anna; Šcasný, Milan - 2010
The Value of a Statistical Life is a key input into the calculation of the benefits of environmental policies that save lives. To date, the VSL used in environmental policy analyses has not been adjusted for age or the cause of death. Air pollution regulations, however, are linked to reductions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008747732
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Risk sharing, inequality, and fertility
Hosseini, Roozbeh; Jones, Larry E.; Shourideh, Ali - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874819
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Paying for performance : public preferences for contaminated site cleanup
Alberini, Anna; Tonin, Stefania; Turvani, Margherita; … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003366701
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Willingness to pay to reduce mortality risks : evidence from a three-country contingent valuation study
Alberini, Anna; Hunt, Alistair; Markandya, Anil - 2004
Valuing a change in the risk of death is a key input into the calculation of the benefits of environmental policies that save lives. Typically such risks are monetized using the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL). Because the majority of the lives saved by environmental policies are those of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606716
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Robustness of VSL values from contingent valuation surveys
Alberini, Anna - 2004
This paper examines factors that may influence the estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life obtained from contingent valuation surveys that elicit the willingness to pay (WTP) for mortality risk reductions. We examine the importance of distributional assumptions, the choice of the welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606927
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A novel approach to estimating the demand value of road safety
Rheinberger, Christoph M.; Schläpfer, Felix; Lobsiger, … - 2016 - This version March 8, 2016
We estimate the demand value of road safety improvements in Switzerland from survey data using a novel elicitation approach. Individuals’ responses to questions about how much public spending on road safety should be increased are combined with observations of income, tax rate, and road usage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622075
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Mothers at peace : international peacebuilding and post-conflict fertility
Bove, Vincenzo; Di Salvatore, Jessica; Elia, Leandro; … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014227822
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Optimal conservation policy under imperfect intergenerational altruism
Di Corato, Luca - 2011
. -- Imperfect Altruism ; Real Options ; Hyperbolic Discounting ; Time Inconsistency ; Natural Resources Management …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009380626
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Explaining intergenerational mobility : the role of fertility and family transfers
Daruich, Diego; Kozlowski, Julian - 2018
Poor families have more children and transfer less resources to them. This suggests that family decisions about … fertility and transfers dampen intergenerational mobility. To evaluate the quantitative importance of this mechanism, we extend … fertility, family transfers, and education. The model, estimated to the US in the 2000s, implies that a counterfactual flat …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011911515
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Childlessness, childfreeness and compensation
Leroux, Marie-Louise; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244528