The model of compensating wage differentials is among the cornerstone models of
equilibrium wage determination in labor economics. However, empirical estimates of …

A substantial literature over the past thirty years has evaluated tradeoffs between money and
fatality risks. These values in turn serve as estimates of the value of a statistical life. This …

We relate gender differences in willingness to commute to the gender wage gap. Using
French administrative data on job search criteria, we first document that unemployed women …

This paper reexamines the empirical basis for two" facts" that seem to be found in most cross-
section studies of immigrant earnings:(1) the earnings of immigrants grow rapidly as they …

We document variation in working conditions in the United States, present estimates of how
workers value these conditions, and assess the impact of working conditions on estimates of …

This paper explores the relationship between wages and the scientific orientation of R&D
organizations. Firms that adopt a science-oriented research approach (ie,“science”) allow …

Little recent empirical work in economics or industrial relations has examined job
satisfaction, despite its demonstrated correlation with labour market behaviour such as quits …

We explain why family–centered noneconomic goals and bounded rationality decrease the
willingness and ability of small–and medium–sized family firms to hire and provide …

THE EMERGENCE OF SOLID demographic studies describing the gay and lesbian
population marks an important change for social science research. Historically, few sizable …

This paper investigates to what extent individuals' risk preferences are correlated with the
cross-sectional earnings risk of their occupation. We exploit data from the German Socio …