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policy relevant outcomes and policy effects, that of the wage premia for fatal injury risk. Estimates of the overall hedonic …
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in levels of fatal risk. The paper contrasts VSL estimates from conventional analysis with the bounds obtained under this …
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, according to the theory of compensating differentials, there should be no relationship between on-the-job risk and job …
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-Economic Panel (GSOEP) within individually perceived hazards of work accidents as a risk variable, evidence for compensating wage …
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compensating wage differential for job safety risk revealed in the labor market via hedonic equilibrium outcomes. The decisions in …
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In this paper, we develop a theoretical model of worker investment in safety. Standard theory assumes that injury risk … individual safety investments that reduce the risk of injury. This results in a negative association between individual injury … risk and wages. We test the model's predictions using obesity as a proxy for worker disinvestments in human capital and …
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and increased workplace risk for the re-employed low-skilled female workers. …
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is too narrow. It ignores significant dynamics of inequality in workplaces. Analysis of such workplace conditions as risk …
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Using data covering the universe of injury claims from the nation's largest worker's compensation system (2001-2018), we explore the relationship between temperature and workplace safety and its implications for labor market inequality. Hotter temperature increases workplace injuries...
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highlight some stylized facts. Besides a substantial gap in wage and injury risk that cannot be attributed to differences in the … characteristics, foreign workers face higher levels of risk by the same level of wages. The gap is significantly above the level … with low wage potential are forced to accept higher levels of risk due to the lower bounds on minimum wage. The second …
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