Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1 The economics of risk and the risk of economics
- 2 The theory of compensating wage differentials
- 3 Putting a value on human life
- 4 The real world of occupational safety and health
- 5 Alternative theories of risk, wages, and the labor market
- 6 New policies to promote safety and equity in the workplace
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1 The economics of risk and the risk of economics
- 2 The theory of compensating wage differentials
- 3 Putting a value on human life
- 4 The real world of occupational safety and health
- 5 Alternative theories of risk, wages, and the labor market
- 6 New policies to promote safety and equity in the workplace
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Markets and MortalityEconomics, Dangerous Work, and the Value of Human Life, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996