Does the Value per Statistical Life vary with age or baseline health? Evidence from a compensating wage study in France
Herrera Araujo, Daniel; Rochaix, Lise (2020), Does the Value per Statistical Life vary with age or baseline health? Evidence from a compensating wage study in France, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 103, September 2020, p. 102338. 10.1016/j.jeem.2020.102338
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Article accepté pour publication ou publiéDate
2020-09Journal name
Journal of Environmental Economics and ManagementVolume
103Number
September 2020Publisher
Elsevier
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102338
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Herrera Araujo, DanielLaboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques [PJSE]
Rochaix, Lise
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne [CES]
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques [PJSE]
Abstract (EN)
This paper provides an empirical assessment of the effects of age and baseline health on the Value per Statistical Life (VSL) by reporting the results of a compensating wage differential for occupational fatality risk in France. We exploit Constances, a novel population-based cohort that combines respondents' full medical history, elicited using face-to-face interviews with physicians, with respondents' work history, extracted from administrative records. Focusing on blue-collar males, aged between 20 and 59 years of age, we find an average VSL estimate of at least 6.5 million euros. Our results suggest that VSL decreases with age and with better baseline health.Subjects / Keywords
Value per statistical life; France; Wage compensating differentials; Age; Baseline healthRelated items
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