The Economic Value of Human Life. Rice, D. P. & Cooper, B. S. American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 57(11):1954–1966, November, 1967.
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To establish the economic value of a human life, lifetime earnings discounted at a 4 per cent rate are presented by age, sex, color, and education. These estimates are intended for use by economists, program planners, and others. Various specific findings are reported.
@article{riceEconomicValueHuman1967,
  title = {The Economic Value of Human Life},
  author = {Rice, D. P. and Cooper, B. S.},
  year = {1967},
  month = nov,
  volume = {57},
  pages = {1954--1966},
  issn = {0002-9572},
  doi = {10.2105/ajph.57.11.1954},
  abstract = {To establish the economic value of a human life, lifetime earnings discounted at a 4 per cent rate are presented by age, sex, color, and education. These estimates are intended for use by economists, program planners, and others. Various specific findings are reported.},
  journal = {American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health},
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  lccn = {INRMM-MiD:c-13235257},
  number = {11}
}

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