We develop a model of exploitative child labor with two key features: first, parents have imperfect information about whether employment opportunities available to their children are exploitative or not. Second, firms choose whether or not to exploit their child workers. In our model, a ban on...

We consider a firm's provision of safety and health measures or working conditions in a hidden action agency problem. The firm's second best optimum is compared to the first best. We consider the effects of changes in the shares of damages borne by the firm and by the agent. We examine the...

We analyze the labor market for painters in Baroque Rome using unique panel data on primary sales of still lifes, portraits, genre paintings, landscapes and figurative paintings. In line with the traditional artistic hierarchy of genres, average price differentials between them were high. We...