The Valuation of Risk of Death in Public Sector Decision-Making
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11970005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald Meng (corresponding author), Ronald A Meng, Douglas A Smith |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 137-137 |
| Publication date | 1990-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3550960 |
| OpenAlex | W1970941634 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
The unavoidable trade-off between monetary expenditures and health and safety benefits means that the risk of death must be considered in a wide variety of public sector decisions. This paper argues that this consideration should be explicit and consistent across policy areas. The most conceptually valid approach to the valuation of benefits from reduced risk is to base estimates on the required compensation for exposure to risk. An empirical estimate of required compensation is generated by measuring the statistical value of life based on data from the Canadian labor market. The estimated value of life is $5.2 million in 1983 dollars. This is recommended as a useful lower bound estimate for a variety of public policy applications in Canada. In some applications, we argue that substantially higher values are required
Actuarial science · Business · Economics · Public sector · Risk analysis (engineering · Valuation (finance · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Housing Market and Economics · Finance
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0.14 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2023 (35) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |