Compensation Mechanisms for Job Risks : Wages, Workers' Compensation, and Product Liability

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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 importan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Moore, Michael J.
Otros Autores: Viscusi, W. Kip
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Workers' compensation.
Risk management.
Products liability.
Employers' liability.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > General.
Responsabilite du fait des produits > États-Unis.
Gestion du risque > États-Unis.
Travail > Accidents > Indemnisation > États-Unis.
Products liability > United States.
Employers' liability > United States.
Risk management > United States.
Workers' compensation > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 produ
Notas:Cover; Contents.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages).
ISBN:9781400860852

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