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Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life

Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, W Kip; Woock, Christopher; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Our research addresses fundamental long-standing concerns in the compensating wage differentials literature and its public policy implications: the econometric properties of estimates of the value of statistical life (VSL) and the wide range of such estimates from about $0.5 million to about $21...

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Can Policy Interact with Culture? Minimum Wage and the Quality of Labor Relations

Aghion, Philippe; Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Can public policy interfere with culture, such as beliefs and norms of cooperation? We investigate his question by evaluating the interactions between the State and the Civil Society, focusing on the labor market. International data shows a negative correlation between union density and the...

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Contracts as Reference Points: Experimental Evidence

Fehr, Ernst; Hart, Oliver; Zehnder, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

In a recent paper, Hart and Moore (2008) introduce new behavioral assumptions that can explain long term contracts and important aspects of the employment relation. However, so far there exists no direct evidence that supports these assumptions and, in particular, Hart and Moore's notion that...

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Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life: New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions

Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, W. Kip; Ziliak, James P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We examine differences in the value of statistical life (VSL) across potential wage levels in panel data using quantile regressions with intercept heterogeneity. Latent heterogeneity is econometrically important and affects the estimated VSL. Our findings indicate that a reasonable average cost...

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Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: An Evaluation of the Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Soares, Rodrigo R.; Viveiros, Igor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper explores the experience of information sharing, coordination, and integration of actions of the Civil and Military Polices in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the context of the IGESP program. The IGESP is based on the introduction of information management systems and...

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Indirect Effects of a Policy Altering Criminal Behaviour: Evidence from the Italian Prison Experiment

Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We exploit the Collective Clemency Bill passed by the Italian Parliament in July 2006 to evaluate the indirect effects of a policy that randomly commutes actual sentences to expected sentences for 40 percent of the Italian prison population. We estimate the direct and indirect impact of the...

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Willingness to Accept Equals Willingness to Pay for Labor Market Estimates of the Value of Statistical Life

Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, W. Kip; Ziliak, James P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Our research clarifies the conceptual linkages among willingness to pay for additional safety, willingness to accept less safety, and the value of statistical life (VSL). We present econometric estimates that in the important case of workers' decisions concerning exposure to fatal injury risk...

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Deployments, Combat Exposure, and Crime

Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

-deployed units contributed to community violence in the form of assaults, murders, and robberies. In contrast, estimates of the …

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The Use of Violence in Illegal Markets: Evidence from Mahogany Trade in the Brazilian Amazon

Chimeli, Ariaster B.; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

contracts, or to seek protection from competitors' improper behaviors. In these contexts, violence is used to enforce previous … first piece of evidence on the causal effect of illegality on systemic violence. Brazil has historically been the main world … increases in violence after prohibition in areas with: (i) higher share of mahogany exports before prohibition; (ii) higher …

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Xenophobic Attacks, Migration Intentions and Networks: Evidence from the South of Africa

Friebel, Guido; Gallego, Juan Miguel; Mendola, Mariapia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We investigate how emigration flows from a developing region are affected by xenophobic violence at destination. Our … intention of household heads decreases from 37% to 33%. The sensitivity of migration intentions to violence is larger for … insurance against the consequences young children suffer in case the household head would be harmed by xenophobic violence and …

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