EvaluationThe Value of Statistical Life and the Economics of Landmine Clearance in Developing CountriesThis paper presents estimates of the Value of Statistical Life (VSL) in rural Thailand using the contingent-valuation (SV) method. These estimates are applied to an economic analysis of landmine clearance. The estimated VSL of US$250,000 suggests that the value of lives saved from landmine clarnace is at least an order of magnitude greater than the values used in existing studies.
Date of Publication Friday, 1 April 2005 Link http://zeus.econ.umd.edu/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=NEUDC2005&paper_id=6 Authors John Gibson, Sandra Barns, Michael Cameron, Steven Lim, Fran Language English Related Subjects Related Countries
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