Microeconomics 13th Edition by Russell Sobel, David Macpherson, Richard Stroup, James Gwartney

Exercise 5

Compared to women, men are overrepresented in occupations like coal mining and construction, in which working conditions are more dangerous. For example, 4,216 American men were killed on the job in 2009, compared to 335 women. How will the more dangerous working conditions of men influence their earnings relative to women? Explain.
*Asterisk denotes questions for which answers are given in Appendix B.