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Immigrant Status and the Value of Statistical Life

Joni Hersch and W. Kip Viscusi
Journal of Human Resources, July 2010, 45 (3) 749-771; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.3.749
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vol. 45 no. 3 749-771
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.3.749
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received December 1, 2008
  • Accepted April 1, 2009
  • Published online June 11, 2010.
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© 2010 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  2. W. Kip Viscusi
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Segmented Markets for Dangerous Jobs
    • III. Risk Levels by Immigrant Status
    • IV. Immigrant Status and Compensating Differentials: Regression Evidence from the CPS
    • V. Immigrant Status and Compensating Differentials: Regression Evidence from the NIS
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