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"Fear is the path to the dark side" : electoral results and the workplace safety of immigrants

D'Ambrosio, Anna; Leombruni, Roberto; Razzolini, Tiziano - 2021

Populist parties' propaganda portrays immigrants as a threat to native workers' jobs. When propaganda materializes as an electoral success, it may drive changes in natives' attitudes towards immigrants. As shown experimentally by Bursztyn et al. (2020), electoral results may signal a change in...

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Are women breaking the glass ceiling? : a gendered analysis of the duration of sick leave in Spain

Martín-Román, Ángel L.; Moral de Blas, Alfonso; … - 2022

We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days - those which are related to biological characteristics and those derived from behavioral reasons. Using the Statistics of Accidents at Work for 2011-2019, we found that women...

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Chapter 9. Regulating Occupational and Product Risks

Kniesner, Thomas J.; Leeth, John D. - In: Handbook of the economics of risk and uncertainty : volume 1, (pp. 493-600). 2014

Market forces, supplemented by government policy, affect how firms and households jointly determine product and workplace safety levels. After developing the economic theory of how labor and product markets pair prices and health risks we then explain the effects of the relevant government...

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Do Firms Pay for Perceived Risks at Work?

Grund, Christian - 2002

The theory of compensating wage differentials is generally accepted. It states that firms have to pay wage bonuses for hazardous work. However, there is as yet no strong or even contrary evidence for compensating wage differentials in Germany. By estimating wage regressions with data from the...

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The impact of harmonising Australia's workplace health and safety laws on workers compensation

Bilgrami, Anam; Cutler, Henry; Sinha, Kompal - 2021

We analyse the impact of harmonising workplace health and safety laws in Australia on workplace injury and disease by estimating effects on the probability of receiving workers compensation in the past year. The introduction of the reform in all but two Australian states created a unique,...

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Claimant Takes Nothing : Mental Injuries and the Workers’ Compensation System

Hosmanek, Andrew J.; Rynes, Sara - 2014

Workplace bullying and harassment on the job can lead to mental injuries including depression, anxiety, and PTSD. One of the few ways workers can recoup medical bills and lost wages for these injuries is through the workers’ compensation system. Our study found that while 44% of claimants...

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Workplace Injuries and the Take-Up of Social Security Disability Benefits

O'Leary, Paul - 2015

Workplace injuries and illnesses are an important cause of disability. State workers' compensation programs provide … almost $60 billion per year in cash and medical-care benefits for those injuries and illnesses. Social Security Disability … Insurance (DI) is the largest disability insurance program in the United States, with annual cash payments to disabled workers …

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Unemployment and workplace injuries : evidence from California

Dong, Xiuming; Jestrab, Ross - In: Applied economics letters 29 (2022) 21, pp. 2040-2043

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How effective are employer return to work programs?

McLaren, Christopher F.; Reville, Robert T.; Seabury, … - In: International review of law and economics 52 (2017), pp. 58-73

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Silent alarms : workplace injuries under-reporting in Italy

Angei, Fabio - 2025 - Prima edizione

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