Arbeitspapier
The value of a statistical injury: new evidence from the Swiss labor market
We study the monetary compensation for non-fatal accident risk in Switzerland using the number of accidents within cells defined over industry x skill-level of the job and capitalizing on the partial panel structure of our data which allows us to empirically isolate the wage component specific to the employer. Our results show that using accident risk at a lower level of aggregation, using narrower samples of workers, and using the wage component that is specific to the firm all yield higher estimates of risk compensation. Our preferred estimate gives an estimate of about 36,000 Swiss francs per prevented injury per year.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4409
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Value of Life; Forgone Income
Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- Subject
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Compensating wage differentials
value of a statistical injury
risk measurement
Gesundheit
Messung
Wert des Lebens
Lohnstruktur
Arbeitsproduktivität
Schweiz
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Kuhn, Andreas
Ruf, Oliver
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2009
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Kuhn, Andreas
- Ruf, Oliver
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2009
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