Recall the Application about how the effect of a more dangerous job on wages may be used to calculate the value of a statistical life to answer the following question(s).According to the Application, if a worker is willing to take a $2,000 pay cut in order to reduce the probability of dying by .001, then the value of a statistical life is:
A. $2,000,000.
B. $2,000.001.
C. $2.
D. $20,000,000.
Answer: A
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