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Compensating Differentials and Income Taxes

Are the Wages of Dangerous Jobs More Responsive to Tax Changes than the Wages of Safe Jobs?

David Powell
Journal of Human Resources, October 2012, 47 (4) 1023-1054; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.47.4.1023

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vol. 47 no. 4 1023-1054
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.47.4.1023
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Accepted January 1, 2012
  • Published online October 25, 2012.
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© 2012 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. David Powell
  1. David Powell is an economist at RAND. He is grateful to David Autor, Arthur Campbell, Tom Chang, Jesse Edgerton, Michael Greenstone, Tal Gross, Jon Gruber, Jerry Hausman, Helen Hsi, Konrad Menzel, Whitney Newey, Amanda Pallais, Jim Poterba, Nirupama Rao, Hui Shan, and Carmen Taveras for their comments
  1. With the exception of restricted fatality numbers, the data used in this article can be obtained beginning May 2013 through April 2016 from David Powell; 1776 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90407, dpowell{at}rand.org.
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