Value of a statistical life (VSL)

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Monetary value of a statistical life. The value is derived from studies on societal willingness to pay (WTP) for mortality risk reductions. VSL should be thought of as a convenient way to summarize the value of small reductions in mortality risks. It is not meant to be applied to the value of saving the life of an identified person (i.e., the value of changing the risk of mortality from one to zero).

Definition

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VSL values used in previous analyses of air quality impacts[1]

  • Pearce (1992)[2], price level year 1991
    • lower bound €2 million
    • upper bound €4.3 million
  • ExternE (1999)[3]price level year 1995
    • €3.1 million
  • EC DG ENV (2000) [4], price level year 2000
    • lower bound €0.65 million
    • best estimate €1.0 million
    • upper bound €2.5 million

VSL values used in CAFE CBA (2005)[1]

  • Median VSL €980 000
  • Mean VSL €2 000 000

The values are based on the EC NewExt study, the objective of which was to derive monetary unit value for the incidence of premature death resulting from air pollution in Europe. Values were based on three surveys undertaken simultaneously in UK, France and Italy, using a common survey instrument designed to elicit willingness to pay for mortality risk reductions. The survey protocol included people over the age of 40, with 1/3 of these above the age of 60.

Causality

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Unit

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euro/life of one statistical person

Formula

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Result

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2 000 000

See also

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  1. ↑ Service Contract for Carrying out Cost-Benefit Analysis of Air Quality Related Issues, in particular in the Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) Programme. Volume 2: Health Impact Assessment. AEA Technology Environment, 2005.
  2. ↑ Pearce D, Bann C and Georgiou S. (1992). The Social Costs of Fuel Cycles. A report to the UK Department of Energy. The Centre for Economic and Social Research into the Global Environment (CSERGE), University College London and University of East Anglia.
  3. ↑ ExternE (1999). DGXII (JOULE Programme) Externalities of Energy, ExternE Project, Report number 7, Methodology: Update 1998. Holland MR & Forster D (Eds).
  4. ↑ EC DG ENV (2000). Papers on the evaluation of mortality, from a workshop convened by the commission in November 2000.
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