Markets and mortality : economics, dangerous work, and the value of human life / Peter Dorman.
1996
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Author
Title
Markets and mortality : economics, dangerous work, and the value of human life / Peter Dorman.
Published
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Call Number
HD7262 .D58 1996
Spine Title
Markets & mortality
ISBN
0521553067
Description
xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)32551365
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-270) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue
1
1
The economics of risk and the risk of economics
11
2
The theory of compensating wage differentials
32
3
Putting a value on human life
51
4
The real world of occupational safety and health
107
5
Alternative theories of risk, wages, and the labor market
142
6
New policies to promote safety and equity in the workplace
187
Epilogue
234
Notes
241
References
258
Index
271