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Compensation Mechanisms for Job Risks

Wages, Workers' Compensation, and Product Liability

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ID3350765
AuthorsJames Chelius, James R Chelius, Mary Jane Moore (0000-0002-7853-5756), Michael J Moore (0000-0003-3074-6631), W Kip Viscusi (0000-0002-7931-7689)
Year1992
Volume46
Issue1
Pages199
Publication date1992-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2524755
OpenAlexW1974555989
LanguageEN
Citations received14

In this major new work, Michael J. Moore and W. Kip Viscusi explore the question, How are workers compensated for exposing themselves to the risk of physical injury while on the job? The authors detail the diverse nature of labor market responses to job risks and the important role played by compensation-for-risk mechanisms. Following an overview of the literature, they present a number of unprecedented results. Comprehensive and systematic discussions of issues such as wage-risk tradeoffs, the effects of workers' compensation on wages and risk, the role of unions, and the role of product liability suits in job-related injuries make the volume an essential work for all those interested in risk policy and workplace safety. Among the major results presented for the first time are the first estimates of the value of life derived from recently released occupational fatality risk data from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatality Survey. From these same data the authors also demonstrate that higher workers' compensation benefit levels significantly reduce fatalities on the job--a finding that challenges virtually every other treatment of this topic.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905

Actuarial science · Business · Compensation (psychology) · Economics · Job security · Labour economics · Liability · Political science · Product (mathematics) · Product liability · Public relations · Wage · Work (physics) · Workers' compensation · Engineering · Law · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works14
Citations per year0,38
Citation span1989 - 2015 (27)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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