Valuing mortality reductions in India : a study of compensating wage differentials (English)

Conducting cost-benefit analyses of health and safety regulations requires placing a dollar value on reductions in health risks, including the risk of death. In the United States, mortality risks are often valued using compensating-wage differentials. These differentials measure what a worker would have to be paid to accept a small increase in his risk of death-which is assumed to equal what the worker would pay to achieve a small reduction in his...
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SIMON, NATHALIE B.; Cropper,Maureen L.; Alberini,Anna; Arora, Seema.

Valuing mortality reductions in India : a study of compensating wage differentials (English). Policy, Research working papers ; no. WPS 2078 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/582261468751139383

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