Search Results - subject:"Compensating wage differentials"

The market for mules : risk and compensation of cross-border drug couriers

Bjerk, David; Mason, Caleb - 2014

This paper uses a unique dataset to examine the economics of cross-border drug smuggling. Our results reveal that loads are generally quite large (median 30 kg), but with substantial variance within and across drug types. Males and females, as well as U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens are all...

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The Value of a Statistical Injury: New Evidence from the Swiss Labor Market

Kuhn, Andreas; Ruf, Oliver - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 149 (2013) 1, pp. 57-86

We study the monetary compensation for non-fatal accident risk in Switzerland using the number of accidents within cells defined over industry x skill-level of the job and capitalizing on the partial panel structure of our data. Our results show that using accident risk at a lower level of...

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Estimated hedonic wage function and value of life in an African country

Benkhalifa, Abdelaziz; Lanoie, Paul; Ayadi, Mohamed - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 4, pp. 3023-3031

This paper reports the first study of compensating wage differentials for work-related fatalities in an African country …. Using original data from the Tunisian Caisse nationale de la sécurité sociale, statistically significant compensating wage … differentials are found. The implied value of statistical life is found between $553 320 and $682 080 (US $ 2000, or between $783 …

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The Value of a Statistical Injury: New Evidence from the Swiss Labor Market

Kuhn, Andreas; Ruf, Oliver - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) 149 (2013) I, pp. 57-86

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The motherhood penalty : is it a wage-dependent family decision?

Gafni, Dalit; Siniver, Erez - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 18 (2018) 4, pp. 1-18

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The effect of equalizing differences on tax-price : explaining patterns of political support across industries

Newhard, Joseph Michael - In: Constitutional political economy 29 (2018) 3, pp. 281-302

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Quality of life, firm productivity, and the value of amenities across Canadian cities

Albouy, David; Leibovici, Fernando; Warman, Casey - 2012

This paper presents the first hedonic general-equilibrium estimates of quality-of-life and firm productivity differences across Canadian cities, using data on local wages and housing costs. These estimates account for the unobservability of land rents and geographic differences in federal and...

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Are dangerous jobs paid better? European evidence

Georgantzis, Nikolaos; Vasileiou, Efi - Departament d'Economia, Universitat Jaume I - 2012

This article tests whether workers are indifferent between risky and safe jobs provided that, in labour market equilibrium, wages should serve as a utility equalizing device. Workers’ preferences are elicited through a partial measure of overall job satisfaction: satisfaction with job-related...

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Why Are Migrants Paid More?

Bryson, Alex; Rossi, Giambattista; Simmons, Rob - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

In efficient global labour markets for very high wage workers one might expect wage differentials between migrant and domestic workers to reflect differences in labour productivity. However, using panel data on worker-firm matches in a single industry over a seven year period we find a...

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Estimated hedonic wage function and value of life in an African country

Benkhalifa, Abdelaziz; Ayadi, Mohamed; Lanoie, Paul - Institut d'Économie Appliquée, HEC Montréal (École … - 2012

This paper reports the first study of compensating wage differentials for work-related fatalities in an African country … wage differentials are found. The implied value of life is $ 643800 (US $ 2000). …. Using original data from the 2002 Tunisian Caisse nationale de la sécurité sociale, statistically significant compensating …

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