Changing inequality in markets for workplace amenities

被引:58
作者
Hamermesh, DS [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[2] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1162/003355399556214
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F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Among U.S. industries where earnings rose relatively from 1979-1995, injury rates declined relatively. Obversely, during the 1960s narrowing interindustry wage differentials were associated with an increase in the relative risk of injury in high-wage industries. Evidence from the NLSY suggests similar results among full-time workers between 1988 and 1996. Between 1973 and 1991 the disamenity of evening/night work was increasingly borne by low-wage male workers. Changing earnings inequality has understated changing inequality in the returns to work. Assuming skill-neutral changes in the cost of reducing these disamenities, estimates of the implied income elasticities of demand for amenities are well above unity.
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页码:1085 / 1123
页数:39
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