The authors present evidence on the extent to which injured workers in Ontario in 1979–88 “paid,†through lower wages, for “reasonable accommodation†requirements designed to facilitate their return to work after their injury. The data source, the Ontario Workers#x0027;...

Three alternative models of compensating wage premiums for risk are estimated: the conventional OLS wage regression; an endogenous risk model that accounts for the simultaneity that may occur if workers of high potential earnings prefer safer jobs; and a self-selection model to account for the...

Analyzing 98 matched collective agreements and flat benefit pension plans in Ontario in 1984, the authors find evidence of a significant trade-off between wages and an actuarially constructed summary measure of the expected future pension costs for employers. With respect to the separate...

The authors present evidence on the extent to which injured workers in Ontario in 1979-88 "paid," through lower wages, for "reasonable accommodation" requirements designed to facilitate their return to work after their injury. The data source, the Ontario Workers' Compensation Board's Survey of...