Measuring the value of statistical life: Estimating compensating wage differentials among workers in India

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-96

  Madheswaran, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

Author keywords

Compensating wage differentials; Hedonic price; Valuations of life injury

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAGE GAP;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548153022     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-9076-0     Document Type: Article

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