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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2025
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 18173
Verlag: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
Although wage rates are lower when employers have monopsony power, we find that the value of a statistical life (VSL) is not reduced when labor markets are more concentrated. Because the estimated VSL is the product of the wage and the wage-risk tradeoff rate, a greater tradeoff rate in highly concentrated U.S. labor markets produces a larger VSL. The general relationship we find is robust with respect to different labor market data. Our results provide the first evidence contradicting policy-related concerns that the VSL is lower in monopsonistic labor markets.
Schlagwörter: 
value of a statistical life
VSL
monopsony
concentration
HHI
JEL: 
J17
J42
Dokumentart: 
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