Local religiosity, workplace safety, and firm value
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چکیده
This paper examines the effect of local religiosity on employee treatment, proxied by workplace safety incidents. Using establishment-level data compiling incidents work-related injuries, we find that employees establishments in more religious counties get less injured than those counties. We further a reduction occupational accidents is evident for dominated one denomination, strengthening our argument community solidarity and homophily stemming from networks. Firms whose are located high likely to violate conduct take measures. Moreover, firms with injuries exhibit poorer firm performance. Overall, findings suggest has value implication through human capital protection.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Corporate Finance
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0929-1199', '1872-6313']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102093