Stefan T. Trautmann|Yilong Xu|Christian König-Kersting|Bryan Patenaude|Guy Harling|Ali Sié|Till Bärnighausen
Value of statistical life year in extreme poverty: a randomized experiment of measurement methods in rural Burkina Faso
Heidelberg University|Utrecht University|Universität Innsbruck|Johns Hopkins University|University College London|Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna|University Hospital Heidelberg|Heidelberg University
value statistical life year vsly provides important economic measure individuals tradeoff health risks consumption widely used policy parameter measuring vsly complex though especially lowincome lowliteracy communitiesusing large randomized experiment n 3027 study methodological aspects statedpreference elicitation payment cards price lists extreme poverty context 2 2 design systematically vary whether buying selling prices measured crossed range payment cardwe find substantial effects pricing method list range elicited vsly estimates gross domestic product per capita multiplier vsly range 35 335 depending study design importantly estimates economically statistically significantly larger current world health organization threshold 30 costeffectiveness analysesour results inform design choice vsly measurements provide insight potential variability measurements possibly robustness checks