Compensating wage differentials and the value of life

Economics Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-109

  Dobbs, Ian M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensating wage differential; J17; J31; Value of life; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033460647     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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