What Are the Difficulties Inherent in Estimating Compensating Wage Differentials

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Essay

What are the difficulties inherent in estimating compensating wage differentials empirically?

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Definitions:

Resistance

The act of opposing or withstanding; in psychology, it refers to the opposition against the uncovering of unconscious material or changing behaviors.

Fight-Flight Response

An acute stress response involving a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.

Walter Cannon

A physiologist known for his work on the fight or flight response and coining the term homeostasis to describe the body's automatic efforts to maintain a constant internal environment.

Pituitary Gland

A pea-sized gland situated at the base of the brain, known as the "master gland" because it controls several other hormone glands.