The value of job safety for railroad workers

Michael T. French; David L. Kendall

doi:10.1007/BF00057570

The value of job safety for railroad workers

Michael T. French, David L. Kendall

Sociology

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Abstract

The value of reducing job risk is estimated using a hedonic wage model and a risk variable that is matched by occupation and state of residence. This study is the first to use the hedonic wage approach to estimate the value of safety in a single industry. Industry-specific estimates will help researchers and labor policymakers better understand the distribution of compensating wage differentials across industries. Our estimated value of job safety for railroad workers is between $21,000 and $26,000 (1980 dollars) per statistical disabling injury, which is somewhat larger than the average of values estimated in previous studies that use cross-industry or crossoccupation aggregate risk data.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	175-185
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00057570
State	Published - May 1 1992

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Keywords

railroad industry
value of safety
willingness to pay
workplace injuries

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Accounting
Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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French, M. T., & Kendall, D. L. (1992). The value of job safety for railroad workers. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 5(2), 175-185. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00057570

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