Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62503 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6693
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This chapter reviews the economics literature on immigrant-native differentials in occupational risk. It begins by briefly explaining the theory of compensating wage differentials. It then provides a more detailed discussion of the empirical evidence on the subject, which reaches several conclusions. First, immigrants are overrepresented in occupations and industries with higher injury and fatality rates. Second, immigrants have higher work-related injury and fatality rates in some advanced economies, but not all. Finally, most, but not all, immigrants appear to earn risk premiums similar to natives for working in risky jobs. The chapter closes with a discussion of areas where additional research is needed.
Subjects: 
immigrants
risky jobs
compensating differentials
JEL: 
J15
J61
J81
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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