The Witness Box

Commenting on expert evidence, economic damages, and interesting developments in injury, wrongful death, business torts, discrimination, and wage and hour lawsuits

Thursday, May 20, 2004

What is a person's day worth?

One way:

Value of a day

The Dollar Value of a Day (DVD) by Expectancy Data(1999) is a private analysis of government time diary statistics. The DVD analysis is fairly well respected. It does,
however, provide a value for everything done during the day on a
replacement value basis. When DVD is used for the value of household
labor it is fairly good -- some believe that it is a tad optimistic concerning males.

When used for other daily activities -- caregiving, personal care and
leisure -- some do not believe the results are not consistent with forensic analysis.


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