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The Heterogeneity of the Value of Statistical Life: Introduction and Overview
(Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2010)
The refinement in worker fatality risk data used in hedonic wage studies and evidence from new stated preference studies have facilitated the exploration of the heterogeneity of the value of statistical life (VSL). Although ...
Worker Learning and Compensating Differentials
(Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1991)
In the standard compensating wage differential model, workers value their wage and workers' compensation components based on full job risk information. Market forces generate positive wage differentials as ex ante compensation ...