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The Value of Saving a Life: Evidence from the Labor Market

In: Household Production and Consumption

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Richard Thaler
Sherwin Rosen

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This chapter was published in: Richard Thaler & Sherwin Rosen Household Production and Consumption, , pages 265-302, 1976.

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Nestor E. Terleckyj, 1976. "Household Production and Consumption," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number terl76-1.
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  2. Arline T. Geronimus & John Bound & Lisa J. Neidert, 1995. "On the Validity of Using Census Geocode Characteristics to Proxy Individual Socioeconomic Characteristics," NBER Technical Working Papers 0189, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Orley Ashenfelter & Michael Greenstone, 2002. "Using Mandated Speed Limits to Measure the Value of a Statistical Life," Working Papers 842, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Henry S. Farber, 1977. "Individual Preferences and Union Wage Determination: The Case of the United Mine Workers," Working Papers 479, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]
  7. Bauer, Thomas K. & Million, Andreas & Rotte, Ralph & Zimmermann, Klaus F., 1998. "Immigration Labor and Workplace Safety," IZA Discussion Papers 16, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  10. Kevin Lang & William T. Dickens, 1987. "Neoclassical and Sociological Perspectives on Segmented Labor Markets," NBER Working Papers 2127, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  11. Sherwin Rosen, 2002. "Markets and Diversity," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 92(1), pages 1-15, March. [Downloadable!]
  12. William Gould & Richard Thaler, 1980. "Public Policy Toward Life Saving: Maximize Lives Saved vs. Consumer Sovereignty," NBER Working Papers 0419, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  13. Neil Bruce & Robert Halvorsen, 2007. "The Marginal Willingness to Pay for Longevity: A Better Way to Value Changes in Mortality Hazard," Working Papers UWEC-2007-04-R, University of Washington, Department of Economics, revised Mar 2007. [Downloadable!]
  14. Mark R. Killingsworth, 1976. "Wage Data and Estimation of the Labor Supply Function," Working Papers 463, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]
  15. William T. Dickens & Brian A. Ross, 1984. "Consistent Estimation Using Data From More Than One Sample," NBER Technical Working Papers 0033, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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