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Mortality Risk Valuation in Environment, Health and Transport Policies / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mortality--Valuation.
- Mortality.
- Risk management--Valuation.
- Risk management.
- Transportation and state--Valuation.
- Transportation and state.
- Environmental health--Valuation.
- Environmental health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (143 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book presents a major meta-analysis of 'value of a statistical life' (VSL) estimates derived from surveys where people around the world have been asked about their willingness to pay for small reduction in mortality risks. The analysis seeks to explain the differences in the estimates, for example across countries. Differences in incomes and the magintude of the risk reduction people have been asked to value were found to be the factors having the strongest impact on VSL, but a number of other policy-relevant factors are also important. Based on the meta-analysis, and a broad review of the literature, the book also presents clear advice on how VSL values best can be used in assessments of environmental, health and transport policies, such as in cost-benefit analyses. Using explicit VSL estimates to quantify the benefits to society of fatality risk reductions can play an important role in the development of more cost-effective public policies.
- Contents:
- Recommended Value of a Statistical Life numbers for policy analysis
- Meta-database on stated preference studies of mortality risk valuation
- The valuation of mortality risk
- How to derive Value of a Statistical Life numbers for policy analysis
- Meta-regression analysis of value of statistical life estimates
- Recommendations for use of Value of a Statistical Life figures in policy assessments
- Using meta-analysis for benefit transfer
- Acronyms
- Executive summary
- Foreword.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9789264130807
- 9264130802
- OCLC:
- 773848121
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