Abstract
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) death rates were combined with three national probability samples to investigate compensating wages for hazardous work. Compensating wages were expected in blue-collar male-only samples, but not in male and female clerk samples. The inter-industry differentials hypothesis was investigated by alternately including and excluding dummy variables for broad industry divisions. The inter-industry differentials hypothesis was supported. The BLS and NIOSH death rates cannot be relied on to produce credible estimates of the value of a statistical life.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 83-97 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1995 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
- Economics and Econometrics