Behavioral Bias in Occupational Fatality Risk: Theory, Evidence, and Implications
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Keywords
Compensating Wage Differentials; Value of Statistical Life; Workplace Safety; Occupational Safety;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2021-11-29 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-HEA-2021-11-29 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2021-11-29 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-RMG-2021-11-29 (Risk Management)
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