Robust Estimates of Value of a Statistical Life for Developing Economies: An Application to Pollution and Mortality in Santiago
利用稳健回归技术对工业化国家的统计生命价值研究进行元分析，推导出适用于发展中国家的预测函数，并以圣地亚哥的空气污染与死亡率为例进行应用，帮助环境经济学家评估环境改善带来的死亡率变化。
The value-of-statistical-life (VSL) approach is used by environmental economists to value mortality changes resulting from environmental improvement, such as decreases in air pollution. Due to the scarcity of data, VSL estimates are not available for developing countries. Using robust regression techniques, the authors conduct a meta-analysis of VSL studies in industrialized countries to derive a VSL prediction function for developing economies, accounting for differences in risk, income, human capital levels, and other demographic characteristics.