the effect of context on the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL), an important input into the calculation of the mortality … similar protocols in Italy and the Czech Republic. When do not distinguish for the cause of death, child and adult VSL are not … countries, the marginal utility of income is about 20% lower among wealthier people, which makes the VSL about 20% higher among …

the effect of context on the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL), an important input into the calculation of the mortality … similar protocols in Italy and the Czech Republic. When do not distinguish for the cause of death, child and adult VSL are not … countries, the marginal utility of income is about 20% lower among wealthier people, which makes the VSL about 20% higher among …

lives. To date, the VSL used in environmental policy analyses has not been adjusted for age or the cause of death. Air … illnesses, raising the question whether a single VSL should be applied for all of these causes of death. We conducted a conjoint … choice experiment survey in Milan, Italy, to investigate this question. We find that the VSL increases with dread, exposure …

Most current environmental policy analyses use Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) figures inferred from workplace safety … to other sources of VSL heterogeneity. In our conjoint choice experiments, cause of death, the size of the risk reduction … that there is significant heterogeneity in the valuation of mortality risks and thus in the VSL. The VSL increases with …

quantitative and clearly specified measure of health risks. We find that Italian homeowners hold a value of a statistical life (VSL …) of about €6.4 million, but UK homeowners tend to hold a much lower VSL (€2.1 million). This may be due to the fact that … find that those who face higher baseline risks, due to higher air pollution levels where they live, hold a higher VSL …

quantitative and clearly specified measure of health risks. We find that Italian homeowners hold a value of a statistical life (VSL …) of about €6.4 million, but UK homeowners tend to hold a much lower VSL (€2.1 million). This may be due to the fact that … find that those who face higher baseline risks, due to higher air pollution levels where they live, hold a higher VSL …