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incident. The results suggest that violent crime has large and persistent effects on mortality, suicide, earnings, work status …The connection between violence victimization and long term ill-health is well documented, but evidence is lacking on … estimate the longer term consequences of interpersonal violence on victims. Using rich administrative population data for …
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contingent valuation surveys that elicit the willingness to pay (WTP) for mortality risk reductions. We examine the importance of …
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contingent valuation surveys that elicit the willingness to pay (WTP) for mortality risk reductions. We examine the importance of …
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this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We … argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also …
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this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We … argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also …
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Aging humans adapt to their worsening state of health and old people are usually happier than estimated by young individuals. In this paper we investigate how adaptation to a deteriorating state of health affects health spending, life expectancy, and the value of life. We set up a a life cycle...
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Examination of estimates of the income elasticity of the value of a statistical life based on international stated preference studies yields an average between 0.94 and 1.05 overall and 0.65 and 0.80 after controlling for covariates. Quantile regression estimates indicate that the income...
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willingness to pay for reduced mortality for different age groups. I find a significant inverted-U shape to the age-VSL function …
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Aging humans adapt to their worsening state of health and old people are usually happier than estimated by young individuals. In this paper we investigate how adaptation to a deteriorating state of health affects health spending, life expectancy, and the value of life. We set up a a life cycle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011234