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Author: Viscusi, W. Kip
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1. Viscusi, W. Kip
Employment Hazards: An Investigation of Market Performance
Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, 1976
Cohort(s): Older Men
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Earnings; Job Hazards; Job Knowledge; Job Satisfaction; Job Search; Quits; Wages, Reservation; Work Attitudes

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze labor market performance with respect to job hazards. Part I analyzes wealth effects and earnings premiums for job hazards. Part II analyzes the quit rate response to job hazards. Part III analyzes the process of worker learning about job characteristics. As predicted, observations of job characteristics and injury experiences were important determinants of worker's job risk assessments.
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Viscusi, W. Kip. Employment Hazards: An Investigation of Market Performance. Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, 1976.