A quantile estimation approach to identify income and age variation in the value of a statistical life

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-270

  Evans, Mary F ^a   Schaur, Georg ^b  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Income elasticity; Quantile regression; Value of a statistical life

Indexed keywords

INCOME ELASTICITIES; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; MORTALITY RISK; QUANTILE ESTIMATION; QUANTILE REGRESSION; REVEALED PREFERENCE; RISK TRADEOFF; STATISTICAL LIFE; TWO SOURCES; TWO-DIMENSION; VALUE OF A STATISTICAL LIVES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; HEALTH RISKS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

WAGES;

AGE STRUCTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MODEL TEST; MORTALITY RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAGE DETERMINATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 77950520414     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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