Estimating the value of safety with labour market data: Are the results trustworthy?

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1085-1100

  Hintermann, Beat ^a   Alberini, Anna ^a   Markandya, Anil ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABOR MARKET; PANEL DATA; SAFETY; WAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77950915503     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840802260940     Document Type: Article

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