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The Reward for Risk in the Labor Market: Evidence from the United Kingdom and a Reconciliation with Other Studies

1982; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 90; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/261094

1537-534X

Alan Marin, George Psacharopoulos,

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Previous articleNext article No AccessConfirmations and ContradictionsThe Reward for Risk in the Labor Market: Evidence from the United Kingdom and a Reconciliation with Other StudiesAlan Marin and George PsacharopoulosAlan Marin and George PsacharopoulosPDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Political Economy Volume 90, Number 4Aug., 1982 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/261094 Views: 15Total views on this site Citations: 92Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1982 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Felipe Vasquez-Lavin, Luna Bratti, Sergio Orrego, Manuel Barrientos Assessing the use of pseudo-panels to estimate the value of statistical life, Applied Economics 54, no.3434 (Feb 2022): 3972–3988.https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2021.2019186Zac Reynolds, Daehoon Nahm, Craig MacMillan Compensating Wage Differentials for Job Fatality and Injury Risk in Australia*, Economic Record 98, no.321321 (Mar 2022): 152–165.https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12660Dieter Verhaest, Stef Adriaenssens Compensating wage differentials in formal and informal jobs, Kyklos 75, no.11 (Jan 2022): 106–126.https://doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12288N. 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