Estimating the value of a statistical life in China: A contingent valuation study in six representative cities  

作　　者：Chaoji Cao Xinke Song Wenjia Cai Yichao Li Jianhui Cong Xueying Yu Mengzhao Gao Can Wang 

机构地区：[1]Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling,Department of Earth System Science,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China [2]Center for Healthy Cities,Institute for China Sustainable Urbanization,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China [3]Tsinghua Urban Institute,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China [4]State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control,School of Environment,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China [5]Center for Statistical Science,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China [6]Department of Industrial Engineering,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China [7]School of Economics and Management,Shanxi University,Taiyuan,030000,China [8]School of Economics and Management,Beihang University,Beijing,100191,China [9]Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine,Beihang University,Beijing,100191,China [10]Key Laboratory of Big Data-Based Precision Medicine(Beihang University),Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,Beijing,100191,China

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Population,Resources and Environment》2023年第4期269-278,共10页中国人口·资源与环境（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foun‐dation of China[Grant No.71773061].

摘　　要：The value of a statistical life(VSL)is a crucial tool for monetizing health impacts.To explore the VSL in China,this study examines people’s willingness to pay(WTP)to reduce death risk from air pollution in six representative cities in China based on face-to-face contingent valuation interviews(n=3936)from March 7,2019 to September 30,2019.The results reveal that the WTP varied from CNY 455 to 763 in 2019(USD 66-111),corresponding to a VSL range of CNY 3.79-6.36 million(USD 549395-921940).The VSL in China in 2019 is estimated to be CNY 4.76 million(USD 689659).The statistics indicate that monthly expenditure levels,environmental concerns,risk attitudes,and assumed market acceptance,which have seldom been dis‐cussed in previous studies,significantly impact WTP and VSL.These findings will serve as a reference for ana‐lyzing mortality risk reduction benefits in future research and for policymaking.

关 键 词：Air pollution Contingent valuation method Willingness to pay Value of a statistical life China 

分 类 号：X196[环境科学与工程—环境科学] X51