Context and the VSL: Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11690%2F11%3A10119021" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11690/11:10119021 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9444-8" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9444-8</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9444-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10640-010-9444-8</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Context and the VSL: Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the Czech Republic
Original language description
We report on the results of a survey based on conjoint choice experiments that was specifically designed to investigate the effect of context on the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL), an important input into the calculation of the mortality benefits of environmental policies that reduce premature mortality. We define "context" broadly to include (1) the cause of death (respiratory illness, cancer, road traffic accident), (2) the beneficiary of the risk reduction (adult v. child), and (3) the mode of provision of the risk reduction (public program v. private good). The survey was conducted following similar protocols in Italy and the Czech Republic. When do not distinguish for the cause of death, child and adult VSL are not significantly different fromone another in Italy, and the difference is weak in the Czech sample. When we distinguish for the cause of death, we find that child and adult VSLs are different at the 1% level for respiratory illnesses and road-traffic accidents, but do
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AH - Economics
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/7E11057" target="_blank" >7E11057: Public health impacts in URban environments of Greenhouse gas Emissions reduction strategies</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2011
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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