Do the Near-Elderly Value Mortality Risks Differently?

A-Tier
Journal: Review of Economics and Statistics
Year: 2004
Volume: 86
Issue: 1
Pages: 423-429

Authors (4)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

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Abstract

Wage hedonic models are estimated with the Health and Retirement Study to measure the risk-wage tradeoffs (value of statistical lives) for older workers. The analysis explicitly allows for multiple employment states, including retirement, using a multinomial selection model. The results suggest that the oldest and most risk-averse workers require significantly higher, not lower, compensation to accept increases in job-related fatality risks. 2004 President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Classification-JEL: I12

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RePEc Handle
repec:tpr:restat:v:86:y:2004:i:1:p:423-429
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General
Author Count
4
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2026-01-25