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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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    • 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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