Economic valuation of air pollution mortality: A 9-country contingent valuation survey of value of a life year (VOLY)

Desaigues, Brigitte; Ami, Dominique; Bartczak, Anna; Kohlová, Markéta Braun; Chilton, S. M.; Czajkowski, Mikołaj; Farreras, Verónica; Hunt, Alistair; Hutchison, Margaret S.; Jeanrenaud, Claude; Kaderják, Péter; Máca, Vojtěch; Markiewicz, Olimpia; Markowska, Agnieszka; Metcalf, Hugh; Navrud, Ståle; Nielsen, Jytte Seested; Ortiz, Ramón Arigoni; Pellegrini, Sonia; Rabl, Ari; Riera, R.; Ščasný, Milan; Stoeckel, M.-E.; Szántó, R.; Urban, Ján

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.12.006

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“…Some studies also included individual health events such as disease-specific hospital admission, activity restriction days, and emergency room visits [40,48,50]. Buekers et al [47] and Rabl et al [49] expressed the impacts using the equivalent monetary benefits approach of Value of a Life Year (VOLY) [51]. Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) [52] used in the Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT), developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) [53], is another approach employed in two studies to quantify the economic consequences of the health benefits of walking or cycling [48,49].…”

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“…Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) [52] used in the Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT), developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) [53], is another approach employed in two studies to quantify the economic consequences of the health benefits of walking or cycling [48,49]. Both of these approaches are based on the willingness to pay for the benefits related to a decrease in mortality risks [51,52]. …”

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“…Rabl et al 2012 [49]EM with emission factors**PM2.5All ages D ExternE I [81] based on all – cause mortality [104]. VOLY K [51]. Rojas-Rueda et al 2012 H [44]DM Used the ratio of (PM2.5/PM10)PM2.5All agesAll-cause mortality [106].…”

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“…For example, Rabl et al [49] used estimates from ExternE (External Cost of Energy) [81], which are mortality-related health costs from transport emissions for different European cities, and thereafter, monetary health benefits were calculated by the application of VOLY [51]. Lindsay et al [48] and Macmillan et al [41] used estimates of the Health and Air Pollution Study in New Zealand (HAPiNZ) study [82], which measured the morbidity and mortality-related health costs of transport emission within New Zealand.…”

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“…Buekers et al [47] estimated the avoided health cost by VOLY [51] by considering the impact of changes in PM2.5 on all-cause mortality.…”

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Air pollution as a risk factor in health impact assessments of a travel mode shift towards cycling

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Background: Promotion of active commuting provides substantial health and environmental benefits by influencing air pollution, physical activity, accidents, and noise. However, studies evaluating intervention and policies on a mode shift from motorized transport to cycling have estimated health impacts with varying validity and precision. Objective: To review and discuss the estimation of air pollution exposure and its impacts in health impact assessment studies of a shift in transport from cars to bicycles in order to guide future assessments. Methods: A systematic database search of PubMed was done primarily for articles published from January 2000 to May 2016 according to PRISMA guidelines. Results: We identified 18 studies of health impact assessment of change in transport mode. Most studies investigated future hypothetical scenarios of increased cycling. The impact on the general population was estimated using a comparative risk assessment approach in the majority of these studies, whereas some used previously published cost estimates. Air pollution exposure during cycling was estimated based on the ventilation rate, the pollutant concentration, and the trip duration. Most studies employed exposure-response functions from studies comparing background levels of fine particles between cities to estimate the health impacts of local traffic emissions. The effect of air pollution associated with increased cycling contributed small health benefits for the general population, and also only slightly increased risks associated with fine particle exposure among those who shifted to cycling. However, studies calculating health impacts based on exposure-response functions for ozone, black carbon or nitrogen oxides found larger effects attributed to changes in air pollution exposure. Conclusion: A large discrepancy between studies was observed due to different health impact assessment approaches, different assumptions for calculation of inhaled dose and different selection of dose-response functions. This kind of assessments would improve from more holistic approaches using more specific exposure-response functions.

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“…Buekers et al [47] estimated the avoided health cost by VOLY [51] by considering the impact of changes in PM2.5 on all-cause mortality.…”

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Estimating the value of life expectancy gains in Tanzania using the life satisfaction and model based approaches

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Policymakers in low and lower‐middle income countries often face difficult trade‐offs between saving lives and livelihoods, as exemplified by the COVID‐19 pandemic. Yet, evidence regarding the preferences of the population is often lacking in such settings. In this paper, I estimate the value of an additional year of life expectancy in Tanzania using information on subjective well‐being and population mortality. More specifically, I combine age‐sex specific subnational estimates of remaining life expectancy with data from a representative household survey, which includes information on consumption expenditures and life satisfaction. This information is then carried forward into a life satisfaction regression to estimate the trade‐off between consumption and an additional year of life expectancy. The results imply that a representative individual from the sample would be willing to trade off around 9% of their annual consumption expenditure to obtain an additional year of remaining life expectancy. The estimated values are close to those derived from calibrated models based on different elicitation methods, such as revealed preferences. This suggests that life satisfaction measures could be useful in deriving estimates of the value of longevity changes in environments where traditional methods, such as estimating compensating wage differentials, are difficult to apply.

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Consistent valuation of a reduction in mortality risk using values per life, life year, and quality‐adjusted life year

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The monetary value of a reduction in mortality risk can be accurately characterized using the alternative concepts of value per statistical life (VSL), value per statistical life year (VSLY), and value per quality-adjusted life year (VQALY). Typically, each of these values depends on the age and other characteristics of the affected individual; at most one of the values can be independent of age. The common practice of valuing a transient or persistent risk reduction using a constant VSL, VSLY, or VQALY yields systematic differences in the calculated monetary value that depend on the age at which the risk reduction begins, its duration, time path, and whether future lives, life years, or quality-adjusted life years are discounted.Mutually consistent, age-dependent VSL, VSLY, and VQALY are derived and the large differences in valuation of illustrative transient and persistent risk reductions that can result from assuming age-independent values of each of the three concepts are illustrated.

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Economic valuation of air pollution mortality: A 9-country contingent valuation survey of value of a life year (VOLY)

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Air pollution as a risk factor in health impact assessments of a travel mode shift towards cycling

Air pollution as a risk factor in health impact assessments of a travel mode shift towards cycling

Estimating the value of life expectancy gains in Tanzania using the life satisfaction and model based approaches

Consistent valuation of a reduction in mortality risk using values per life, life year, and quality‐adjusted life year

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