Death on the job: The Great Recession and work-related traffic fatalities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113979
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- French, Michael & Gumus, Gulcin, 2021. "Death on the Job: The Great Recession and Work-Related Traffic Fatalities," IZA Discussion Papers 14324, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Traffic fatalities; Occupational health; Business cycles; Unemployment; Great recession;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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