Using job changes to evaluate the bias of value of a statistical life estimates

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-27

  Schaffner, Sandra ^a   Spengler, Hannes ^b  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAINZ UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation bias; Compensating wage differentials; Job changes; Unbiased estimation; Unobserved heterogeneity; Value of a statistical life

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKETS; NEW APPROACHES; PANEL DATA MODELS; PANEL MODEL; PUBLIC PROJECT; TRAFFIC POLICIES; UNBIASED ESTIMATES; UNBIASED ESTIMATION; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY; VALUE OF A STATISTICAL LIVES; WAGE DIFFERENTIALS;

COST REDUCTION; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION; HEALTH RISKS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; PHASE MATCHING; PUBLIC RISKS; WAGES;

RISK PERCEPTION;

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; WAGE;

EID: 70849090927     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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