Artikel

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. 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 (i.e. more positive) estimates of risk compensation. However, we only find a statistically significant positive compensation for non-fatal accident risk for workers in jobs with the lowest skill-level. Our preferred estimate for this group of workers yields an estimate of about 35,000 Swiss francs per prevented injury per year.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics ; ISSN: 2235-6282 ; Volume: 149 ; Year: 2013 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 57-86 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Value of Life; Forgone Income
Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Thema
Compensating wage differentials
value of a statistical injury
risk measurement

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kuhn, Andreas
Ruf, Oliver
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Springer
(wo)
Heidelberg
(wann)
2013

DOI
doi:10.1007/BF03399381
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Kuhn, Andreas
  • Ruf, Oliver
  • Springer

Entstanden

  • 2013

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