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As part of the process in deciding about public policy and private management to reduce danger at work, most previous studies have adopted compensating values. This assumes that society or individuals implicitly or explicitly use a value of life equal to the amount of money they are willing to pay to reduce the risk of accidents or mortality. Here, labour market-based evidence on values of life is examined by applying two meta-analysis techniques.
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van den Bergh, J.C.J.M., Button, K.J., Nijkamp, P., Pepping, G.C. (1997). Working Conditions in Industrial Sectors: Valuations of Life. In: Meta-Analysis in Environmental Economics. Economy & Environment, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8865-2_11
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