Table 4
Impact of risk on wages for immigrants and nonimmigrants
| Coefficients on risk, dependent variable = log wages | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2015 | |
| Variable coefficients and standard errors | ||
| Fatality rate | 0.0029 | 0.0029 |
| (0.0004) | (0.0006) | |
| Fatality rate * Mexican immigrant | -0.0075 | -0.0077 |
| (0.0012) | (0.0015) | |
| Fatality rate * non-Mexican immigrant | -0.0016 | -0.0045 |
| (0.0013) | (0.0016) | |
| Estimated impact of risk on wages* | ||
| Nonimmigrant | 0.0029 | 0.0029 |
| Mexican immigrant | -0.0046 | -0.0048 |
| Non-Mexican immigrant | 0.0013 | -0.0016 |
* Sum of coefficient on fatality rate plus interaction term
Notes: N and adj R2 not reported; adjustment for clustering not reported.
Source: W. Kip Viscusi and Nick Marquiss Seton Hall Review article, "A Regulatory Policy Strategy for Protecting Immigrant Workers" (Viscusi and Marquiss 2020).
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