Are some lives more valuable? An ethical preferences approach

被引：38

作者：

Johansson-Stenman, Olof ^{[1
]}

Martinsson, Peter ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Econ, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden

来源：

JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS | 2008年 / 27卷 / 03期

关键词：

ethical preferences; individual social welfare function; relative value of life; choice experiments; random utility model;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.10.001

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We develop a theoretical model of the ethical preferences of individuals, combining individual social welfare functions and random utility theory. The model is applied by conducting a choice experiment regarding safety-enhancing road investments that target different age groups and road user types. The relative value of a saved life is found to decrease with age, such that the present value of a saved life-year is almost independent of age at a pure rate of time preference of a few percent. Moreover, a saved pedestrian is consistently valued higher than a saved car driver of the same age. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：739 / 752

页数：14

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