Since you responded to the question about becoming a garbage man by noting that people are paid better for worse jobs, I should note that while compensating differentials are conventional wisdom among economists, other social scientists say the evidence doesn't support them.
Since you responded to the question about becoming a garbage man by noting that people are paid better for worse jobs, I should note that while compensating differentials are conventional wisdom among economists, other social scientists say the evidence doesn't support them.
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2023/03/01/risk-without-reward-the-myth-of-wage-compensation-for-hazardous-work-also-some-thoughts-of-how-this-literature-ended-up-to-be-so-bad/
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