Moore / Viscusi Compensation Mechanisms for Job Risks

Wages, Workers' Compensation, and Product Liability
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6085-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1060, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Moore, Michael J.

Viscusi, W. Kip

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Gewerkschaften, Industrielle Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
List of Figures, pg. ix
List of Tables, pg. xi
Preface, pg. xiii
Abbreviations and Symbols, pg. xvii
One. Overview, pg. 3
Two. The Research Context of the Analysis, pg. 12
Three. The Performance of Workers' Compensation as a Social Insurance Program, pg. 34
Four. Net Workers' Compensation Costs: Implications of the Wage Offset, pg. 53
Five. Workers' Implicit Value of Life, pg. 69
Six. The Value of Life: Quantity Adjustments and Implicit Rates of Time Preference, pg. 82
Seven. Worker Learning and the Valuation of the Compensation Package, pg. 98
Eight. The Role of Unions in Altering the Structure of Risk Compensation, pg. 111
Nine. The Effects of Workers' Compensation on Job Safety, pg. 121
Ten. Tort Liability Remedies for Job Injuries: Product Liability and Its Interaction with Workers' Compensation, pg. 136
Eleven. Conclusion, pg. 162
Appendix A. Estimation of the Value of Life Using Flexible Functional Forms, pg. 165
Appendix B. A Conceptual Model of Worker and Firm Responses to Insurance Benefits, pg. 168
Notes, pg. 173
Bibliography, pg. 181
Index, pg. 189