potentially suffer accidents which may push them into temporary absence. In such an environment, during absence, individuals do … records. We use unexpected and mild accidents with arguably no permanent labor productivity losses, as exogenous drivers of … accidents, (i) even short (3-12-months long) periods of absence due to accidents decrease individuals' wages for up to two years …

relative burdens of whites, blacks, and Hispanics in Georgia from road and air traffic noise. We find that whites bear less … noise than either blacks or Hispanics and that blacks tend to experience more traffic noise than Hispanics. While every …