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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Estimating the Value of a Statistical Life: The Importance of Omitted Variables and Publication Bias

  • Orley Ashenfelter
  • Michael Greenstone
American Economic Review
vol. 94, no. 2, May 2004
(pp. 454–460)
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Citation

Ashenfelter, Orley, and Michael Greenstone. 2004. "Estimating the Value of a Statistical Life: The Importance of Omitted Variables and Publication Bias." American Economic Review, 94 (2): 454–460. DOI: 10.1257/0002828041301984

JEL Classification

  • J17 Value of Life; Forgone Income
  • K13 Tort Law and Product Liability; Forensic Economics