A note on workers' willingness to pay for nonwage job attributes and labor mobility

J. van Ommeren
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J. van Ommeren: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie (Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Business Administration and Economitrics

No 7, Serie Research Memoranda from VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics

Abstract: Estimates of workers’ willingness to pay for nonwage job attributes (e.g., the risk of injury) are usually based on hedonic wage methods. In this study, workers’ marginal willingness to pay for nonwage job attributes is derived from an analysis of job quitting behavior employing discrete choice models. Empirical estimates of the workers’ marginal willingness to pay for nonwage job attributes are obtained in two ways. First, estimates are obtained by re-interpreting empirical studies of workers’ on-the-job mobility behavior in the US. Second, estimates for workers’ willingness to pay for commuting are derived based on an analysis ofjob quitting behavior in the Netherlands.

JEL-codes: J32 J33 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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