The impact of workers' compensation on wage premiums for job hazards

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1101-1108

  Meng, Ronald ^a   Smith, Douglas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0032757861     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499323580     Document Type: Article

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