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Kompensatorische Lohndifferenziale und der Wert eines statistischen Lebens in Deutschland
Spengler, Hannes - 2004
Diese Arbeit ist die erste empirische Untersuchung, die den Wert eines statistischen Lebens (WSL) für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ermittelt. Die Analysen werden auf der Grundlage eines aus IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe und Arbeitsunfallinformationen der Berufsgenossenschaften...
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Compensating differentials for occupational health and safety risks : implications of recent evidence
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, W. Kip - 2022
The most enduring measure of how individuals make personal decisions affecting their health and safety is the compensating wage differential for job safety risk revealed in the labor market via hedonic equilibrium outcomes. The decisions in turn reveal the value of a statistical life (VSL), the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168073
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Trouble in the tails? : what we know about earnings nonresponse thirty years after Lillard, Smith, and Welch
Bollinger, Christopher R.; Hirsch, Barry T.; Hokayem, … - 2018
Earnings nonresponse in household surveys is widespread, yet there is limited knowledge of how nonresponse biases earnings measures. We examine the consequences of nonresponse on earnings gaps and inequality using Current Population Survey individual records linked to administrative earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011892612
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Reconsidering Union Wage Effects: Surveying New Evidence on an Old Topic
Hirsch, Barry T. - 2003
average union premium of roughly 15 percent is called into question. Two forms of measurement error create a downward bias in … standard wage gap estimates. Match bias results from Census earnings imputation procedures that do not include union status as … a match criterion. Downward bias is roughly equal to the proportion of workers with imputed earnings, currently about 30 …
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Reconsidering union wage effects : surveying new evidence on an old topic
Hirsch, Barry T. - In: Journal of labor research 25 (2004) 2, pp. 233-266
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Reconsidering union wage effects : surveying new evidence on an old topic
Hirsch, Barry T. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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The gender gap in mortality : how much is explained by behavior?
Schünemann, Johannes; Strulik, Holger; Trimborn, Timo - 2016
In developed countries, women are expected to live about 4-5 years longer than men. In this paper we develop a novel approach in order to gauge to what extent gender differences in longevity can be attributed to gender-specific preferences and health behavior. For that purpose we set up a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011516012
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Trouble in the Tails? What We Know about Earnings Nonresponse Thirty Years After Lillard, Smith, and Welch
Bollinger, Christopher R. - 2018
Earnings nonresponse in household surveys is widespread, yet there is limited knowledge of how nonresponse biases earnings measures. We examine the consequences of nonresponse on earnings gaps and inequality using Current Population Survey individual records linked to administrative earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906992
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Trouble in the Tails? What We Know About Earnings Nonresponse Thirty Years after Lillard, Smith, and Welch
Bollinger, Christopher R. - 2018
Earnings nonresponse in household surveys is widespread, yet there is limited knowledge of how nonresponse biases earnings measures. We examine the consequences of nonresponse on earnings gaps and inequality using Current Population Survey individual records linked to administrative earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912743
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The men's marriage premium in the United States : what remains after controlling for publication bias and heterogeneity?
Millagaha Gedara, Nuwan Indika - In: Colombo business journal : international journal of … 12 (2021) 2, pp. 53-79
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