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Hedonic Wage Equilibrium: Theory, Evidence and Policy
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Leeth, John D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
locus we discuss imply the so-called value of a statistical life (VSL) that is useful as the benefit value in a cost … dimensions of heterogeneity in VSL, including by age and consumption plans, the latent trait that affects wages and job safety …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560409
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Robustness of VSL Values from Contingent Valuation Surveys
Alberini, Anna - National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE), … - 2005
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/10008587669
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Context and the VSL: Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the Czech Republic
Alberini, Anna; Šcasný, Milan - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465548
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The Value of a Statistical Life: Evidence from Panel Data
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, W. Kip; Woock, Christopher; … - Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School - 2010
public policy implications: the econometric properties of estimates of the value of statistical life (VSL) and the wide range …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470287
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Robustness of VSL Values from Contingent Valuation Surveys
Alberini, Anna - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 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/10005423106
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Robust Estimates of Value of a Statistical Life for Developing Economies
Bowland, Brad J.; Beghin, John C. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2001
Environmental economists use the value-of-statistical-life (VSL) approach to value mortality changes resulting from … environmental improvement. Because of scarce data, VSL estimates are unavailable for most developing countries. Using robust … regression techniques, we conduct a meta-analysis of VSL studies in industrialized countries to derive a VSL prediction function …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005437415
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Valuation of life: a study using discrete choice analysis
Zhu, Weichen - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
The focus of this paper is to discuss and compare different approaches to calculate the statistical value of life (VSL … pollution is more preferred than saving lives from traffic accident, or vice versa. VSL is directly calculated from preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980192
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Combat, Casualties, and Compensation: Evidence from Iraq and Afghanistan
Armey, Laura; Kniesner, Thomas J.; Leeth, John D.; … - 2018
Our research examines the effect of combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan on casualties. We use restricted data from the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) and Social Security Administration (SSA) to construct a panel of all U.S. Active Duty service members having served at some point...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931750
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Valuing Public Investments to Support Bicycling
Götschi, Thomas; Hintermann, Beat - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 150 (2014) 4, pp. 297-329
We develop a framework for assessing the net benefits of investments to promote bicycling, which explicitly accounts for internal costs of bicycling. We apply our model to eight Swiss cities using data from the Swiss national travel survey and find that increasing the level of bicycling by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011933326
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Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, W Kip; Woock, Christopher; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
public policy implications: the econometric properties of estimates of the value of statistical life (VSL) and the wide range …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703773