The Reward for Risk in the Labor Market: Evidence from the United Kingdom and a Reconciliation with Other Studies
The Reward for Risk in the Labor Market: Evidence from the United Kingdom and a Reconciliation with Other Studies
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劳动力市场的风险回报：来自英国的证据以及与其他研究的协调
DOI：
10.1086/261094
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发表时间：
1982
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
G. Psacharopoulos
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作者：
A. Marin;G. Psacharopoulos
这是《国富论》中著名的一句话，根据这句话，在竞争激烈的劳动力市场上，从事不受欢迎的工作的工人应该得到额外的报酬，以补偿他们从事这些工作。一些工作的一个明显的非金钱上的缺点是，它们具有高于平均水平的死亡或严重伤害风险，该理论预测，收入应该高于其他风险较低的可比工作。[1]该理论的主要反对意见是，如今，非竞争性力量主导着劳动力市场，因此，
This is the famous quotation from the Wealth of Nations according to which workers employed in undesirable jobs in competitive labor markets should be paid extra to compensate them for taking such jobs. One obvious nonpecuniary disadvantage of some jobs is that they carry an above-average risk of death or serious injury, and the theory predicts that earnings should be higher than in otherwise comparable jobs with lower risks.1 The main counterargument to this theory is that nowadays, noncompetitive forces dominate labor markets, so that one would be