Estimating the value of a statistical life
Subtitle: the importance of omitted variables and publication bias
By: Orley Ashenfelter, Michael Greenstone.
Contributors: Greenstone, Michael, 1968-; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10401; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10401.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "In this paper we show that omitted variables and publication bias lead to severely biased estimates of the value of a statistical life.  Although our empirical results are obtained in the context of a study of choices about road safety, we suspect that the same issues plague the estimation of monetary trade-offs regarding safety in other contexts"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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