Scholarly Life
Alison Morantz: Workplace Health and Safety
How does workplace regulation affect the health and safety of employees? This is the question that preoccupies Alison D. Morantz, whose scholarship zeros in on the real-world impact of occupational safety and health laws. Using the tools of applied microeconomics, Morantz, who holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University, is a new voice in a field where rigorous empirical studies on workplace regulation are scarce. more…