Yakovlev, Pavel; Sobel, Russell S. - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 39 (2010) 3, pp. 429-435
The rise of the Industrial Revolution is often depicted as a cause of hazardous working conditions and is skillfully epitomized in William Blake's tale of a child chimney sweeper. Conventional wisdom puts firm profit in conflict with occupational safety. We reexamine this argument noting that...