TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Orrenius, Pia M.
AU  - Zavodny, Madeline
        TI  - Immigrants in Risky Occupations
        PY  - 2012/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6693
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6693
        AB  - 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.

        KW  - risky jobs
KW  - compensating differentials
KW  - immigrants
        ER  -