Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20272 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1037
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper we show that omitted variables and publication bias lead to severely biased estimates of the value of a statistical life. Although our empirical results are obtained in the context of a study of choices about road safety, we suspect that the same issues plague the estimation of monetary trade-offs regarding safety in other contexts.
Subjects: 
value of a statistical life
publication bias
omitted variables bias
speed limits
traffic safety
JEL: 
R4
I18
J17
H43
C8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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