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The price of COVID-19 risk in a public university

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  • Altindag, Duha T.
  • Cole, Samuel
  • Seals, R. Alan

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We study the allocation of and compensation for occupational COVID-19 risk at Auburn University, a large public university in the U.S. In Spring 2021, approximately half of the face-to-face classes had enrollments above the legal capacity allowed by a public health order, which followed CDC's social distancing guidelines. We find lower-ranked graduate student teaching assistants and adjunct instructors were more likely to deliver riskier classes. Using an IV strategy in which teaching risk is shifted by classroom features (geometry and furniture), we show instructors who taught at least one risky class earned $7,400 more than those who did not.

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  • Altindag, Duha T. & Cole, Samuel & Seals, R. Alan, 2023. "The price of COVID-19 risk in a public university," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecoedu:v:94:y:2023:i:c:s0272775723000572
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102410
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; Occupational risk; Instrumental variables; Behavior of elites;
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    JEL classification:

    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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