The value of life: Real risks and safety-related productivity in the Himalaya
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2011.06.014
Download full text from publisher
As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.
References listed on IDEAS
- Thomas Kniesner & W. Viscusi & James Ziliak, 2010.
"Policy relevant heterogeneity in the value of statistical life: New evidence from panel data quantile regressions,"
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 40(1), pages 15-31, February.
- Kniesner, Thomas J. & Viscusi, W. Kip & Ziliak, James P., 2009. "Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life: New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions," IZA Discussion Papers 4508, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Thomas J. Kniesner & W. Kip Viscusi & James P. Ziliak, 2009. "Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life: New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 118, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
- Lalive, Rafael, 2003.
"Did We Overestimate the Value of Health?,"
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 27(2), pages 171-193, October.
- Rafael Lalive, "undated". "Did we Overestimat the Value of Health?," IEW - Working Papers 060, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich.
- Viscusi, W Kip & Aldy, Joseph E, 2003.
"The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates throughout the World,"
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 27(1), pages 5-76, August.
- W. Kip Viscusi & Joseph E. Aldy, 2003. "The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates throughout the World," NBER Working Papers 9487, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- W. Viscusi, 2009. "Valuing risks of death from terrorism and natural disasters," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 38(3), pages 191-213, June.
- Thomas J. Kniesner & W. Kip Viscusi & Christopher Woock & James P. Ziliak, 2006.
"Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life,"
Center for Policy Research Working Papers
85, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
- Kniesner, Thomas J. & Viscusi, W. Kip & Woock, Christopher & Ziliak, James P., 2007. "Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life," IZA Discussion Papers 3107, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Viscusi, W Kip, 1993. "The Value of Risks to Life and Health," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 31(4), pages 1912-1946, December.
- Viscusi, W Kip, 1978. "Wealth Effects and Earnings Premiums for Job Hazards," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 60(3), pages 408-416, August.
- Kurt E. Schnier & William C. Horrace & Ronald G. Felthoven, 2009. "The Value of Statistical Life: Pursuing the Deadliest Catch," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 117, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
- Richard Thaler & Sherwin Rosen, 1976. "The Value of Saving a Life: Evidence from the Labor Market," NBER Chapters, in: Household Production and Consumption, pages 265-302, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- repec:reg:rpubli:282 is not listed on IDEAS
Citations
Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
Cited by:
- Laura Armey & Thomas J. Kniesner & John D. Leeth & Ryan Sullivan, 2022.
"Combat, casualties, and compensation: Evidence from Iraq and Afghanistan,"
Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 40(1), pages 66-82, January.
- Armey, Laura & Kniesner, Thomas J. & Leeth, John D. & Sullivan, Ryan, 2018. "Combat, Casualties, and Compensation: Evidence from Iraq and Afghanistan," IZA Discussion Papers 11785, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Thomas J. Kniesner & W. Kip Viscusi, 2023.
"Compensating Differentials for Occupational Health and Safety Risks: Implications of Recent Evidence,"
Research in Labor Economics, in: 50th Celebratory Volume, volume 50, pages 83-116,
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Kniesner, Thomas J. & Viscusi, W. Kip, 2022. "Compensating Differentials for Occupational Health and Safety Risks: Implications of Recent Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 15117, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- W. Kip Viscusi, 2015. "The heterogeneity of the value of statistical life: evidence and policy implications," Chapters, in: Carol Mansfield & V. K. Smith (ed.), Benefit–Cost Analyses for Security Policies, chapter 4, pages 78-116, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Nikolaos Georgantzis & Efi Vasileiou, 2014.
"Are Dangerous Jobs Paid Better? European Evidence,"
Research in Labor Economics, in: New Analyses of Worker Well-Being, volume 38, pages 163-192,
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Nikolaos Georgantzis & Efi Vasileiou, 2012. "Are dangerous jobs paid better? European evidence," Working Papers 2012/18, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
- Patrick Carlin & Brian E. Dixon & Kosali I. Simon & Ryan Sullivan & Coady Wing, 2022. "How Undervalued is the Covid-19 Vaccine? Evidence from Discrete Choice Experiments and VSL Benchmarks," NBER Working Papers 30118, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Andreas Kuhn & Oliver Ruf, 2009. "The Value of a Statistical Injury: New Evidence from the Swiss Labor Market," NRN working papers 2009-15, The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
- Kuhn, Andreas & Ruf, Oliver, 2009. "The Value of a Statistical Injury: New Evidence from the Swiss Labor Market," IZA Discussion Papers 4409, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Je-Liang Liou, 2019. "Effect of Income Heterogeneity on Valuation of Mortality Risk in Taiwan: An Application of Unconditional Quantile Regression Method," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(9), pages 1-15, May.
- Polat, Sezgin, 2013. "Wage Compensation for Risk: The Case of Turkey," GIAM Working Papers 13-11, Galatasaray University Economic Research Center.
- Thomas Kniesner & W. Viscusi & James Ziliak, 2010.
"Policy relevant heterogeneity in the value of statistical life: New evidence from panel data quantile regressions,"
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 40(1), pages 15-31, February.
- Kniesner, Thomas J. & Viscusi, W. Kip & Ziliak, James P., 2009. "Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life: New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions," IZA Discussion Papers 4508, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Thomas J. Kniesner & W. Kip Viscusi & James P. Ziliak, 2009. "Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life: New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 118, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
- Nicole Maestas & Kathleen J. Mullen & David Powell & Till von Wachter & Jeffrey B. Wenger, 2023.
"The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and the Implications for the Structure of Wages,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 113(7), pages 2007-2047, July.
- von Wachter, Till & Maestas, Nicole & Mullen, Kathleen J. & Powell, David & Wenger, Jeffrey B., 2018. "The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages," CEPR Discussion Papers 13284, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Maestas, Nicole & Mullen, Kathleen & Powell, David & Wachter, Till von & Wenger, Jeffrey, 2018. "The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages," IZA Discussion Papers 11925, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Nicole Maestas & Kathleen J. Mullen & David Powell & Till von Wachter & Jeffrey B. Wenger, 2018. "The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages," NBER Working Papers 25204, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Doucouliagos, Chris & Stanley, T.D. & Giles, Margaret, 2012.
"Are estimates of the value of a statistical life exaggerated?,"
Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 31(1), pages 197-206.
- Doucouliagos, Hristos & Stanley, T. D. & Giles, Margaret, 2011. "Are estimates of the value of a statistical life exaggerated?," Working Papers eco_2011_2, Deakin University, Department of Economics.
- Hammitt, James K. & Robinson, Lisa A., 2011.
"The Income Elasticity of the Value per Statistical Life: Transferring Estimates between High and Low Income Populations,"
Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 2(1), pages 1-29, January.
- Hammitt James K. & Robinson Lisa A, 2011. "The Income Elasticity of the Value per Statistical Life: Transferring Estimates between High and Low Income Populations," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, De Gruyter, vol. 2(1), pages 1-29, January.
- Chris Rohlfs & Ryan Sullivan & Thomas Kniesner, 2015.
"New Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life Using Air Bag Regulations as a Quasi-experiment,"
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 7(1), pages 331-359, February.
- Rohlfs, Chris & Sullivan, Ryan & Kniesner, Thomas J., 2012. "New Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life Using Air Bag Regulations as a Quasi-Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers 6994, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Cameron, Trudy Ann & DeShazo, J.R., 2013. "Demand for health risk reductions," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 65(1), pages 87-109.
- David Powell, 2011. "Heterogeneity in Income Tax Incidence Are the Wages of Dangerous Jobs More Responsive to Tax Changes than the Wages of Safe Jobs?," Working Papers WR-706-1, RAND Corporation.
- Dionne, Georges & Lebeau, Martin, 2010.
"Le calcul de la valeur statistique d’une vie humaine,"
L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 86(4), pages 487-530, décembre.
- Georges Dionne & Martin Lebeau, 2010. "Le calcul de la valeur statistique d'une vie humaine," Cahiers de recherche 1041, CIRPEE.
- Dionne, Georges & Lebeau, Martin, 2010. "Le calcul de la valeur statistique d'une vie humaine [Estimation of statistical value of life]," MPRA Paper 37573, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Dionne, Georges & Lebeau, Martin, 2010. "Le cacul de la valeur statistique d'une vie humaine," Working Papers 10-7, HEC Montreal, Canada Research Chair in Risk Management.
- Bellavance, Franois & Dionne, Georges & Lebeau, Martin, 2009.
"The value of a statistical life: A meta-analysis with a mixed effects regression model,"
Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 444-464, March.
- François Bellavance & Georges Dionne & Martin Lebeau, 2006. "The Value of a Statistical Life: a Meta-Analysis with a Mixed Effects Regression Model," Cahiers de recherche 0646, CIRPEE.
- Bellavance, François & Dionne, Georges & Lebeau, Martin, 2007. "The value of a statistical life: A meta-analysis with a mixed effects regression model," Working Papers 06-12, HEC Montreal, Canada Research Chair in Risk Management.
- repec:zbw:rwirep:0014 is not listed on IDEAS
- Lisa A. Robinson & James K. Hammitt, 2016. "Valuing Reductions in Fatal Illness Risks: Implications of Recent Research," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(8), pages 1039-1052, August.
- Black, Dan A & Kniesner, Thomas J, 2003.
"On the Measurement of Job Risk in Hedonic Wage Models,"
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 27(3), pages 205-220, December.
- Dan A. Black & Thomas J. Kniesner, 2003. "On the Measurement of Job Risk in Hedonic Wage Models," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 49, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
- Dan A. Black & Thomas K. Kniesner, 2003. "On the Measurement of Job Risk in Hedonic Wage Models," NCEE Working Paper Series 200306, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, revised Aug 2003.
- Hannes Spengler & Sandra Schaffner, 2007. "Using Job Changes to Evaluate the Bias of the Value of a Statistical Life," Ruhr Economic Papers 0014, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
More about this item
Keywords
Statistical life; Risk; Cost-benefit; Mountaineering; Internet Wayback Machine;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
- J17 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Value of Life; Foregone Income
- J49 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Other
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:labeco:v:19:y:2012:i:1:p:27-32. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/labeco .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.