Title of article :
Valuing lives equally: Distributional weights for welfare analysis
Author/Authors :
E. Somanathan، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Abstract :
Distributional weights for welfare analysis are proposed based on two axioms: (1) all lives are equally valued, (2) the monetary value of a personʹs life is her own valuation. This implies weights proportional to the reciprocals of the values of statistical lives.
Keywords :
Value of life , Distributional weights , Cost–benefit analysis , Social welfare
Journal title :
Economics Letters
Journal title :
Economics Letters
