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The Statistical Value of Injury Risk in Pakistan’s Construction and Manufacturing Sectors

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Title: The Statistical Value of Injury Risk in Pakistan’s Construction and Manufacturing Sectors

Authors: Ahmad Mujtaba Khan, Asma Hyder

Journal: Lahore Journal of Economics

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Publisher: Lahore School of Economics, Lahore

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2017

Volume: 22

Issue: 1

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35536/lje.2017.v22.i1.a1

Categories
Construction Industry (40) Manufacturing Industry (7) Risk Assessment (216) Occupational Safety (48) Pakistan (3978)

Abstract

Although health and safety regulations are a key aspect of labor market policymaking, very few studies have examined compensating wage differentials and the statistical value of injury in Pakistan’s context. This study looks at injury risk against occupation and industry, using data from the Labor Force Survey for 2013/14. We target five blue-collar occupations in two industries (construction and manufacturing), which tend to account for the highest number of injuries. However, we find that the statistical value of injury in these occupations is too small to reflect the wage premium that workers should be paid for risky jobs.

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