This paper reviews the literature concerning safety management interventions, that have
been effective in reducing injury outcomes in occupational health and safety (OHS) and road …

There are approximately 4,000 fatalities in crashes involving trucks and buses in the United
States each year. Though estimates are wide-ranging, possibly 10 to 20 percent of these …

A large body of research links performance pay to poorer worker health. The mechanism
generating this link remains in doubt. We examine a common suspect, that performance pay …

While other research has shown that higher paid truck and bus drivers are safer, this is the
first study showing why higher paid drivers are safer. We estimate the labour supply curve …

This paper explores the safety consequences of increasing truck driver pay. The test case
the authors examine involves a large over-the-road truckload firm that on February 25, 1997 …

The earnings of truck drivers fell by 21% between 1973 and 1995. Using Current Population
Survey data, the authors find that deregulation accounted for one-third of the decline in …

This study analyzes how truck drivers' compensation affects their safety performance, using
moving violations as a proxy for safety. In addition to drivers' pay per mile driven, we employ …

While performance pay can benefit firms and workers by increasing productivity and wages,
it has also been associated with a deterioration of worker health. The transmission …

Much of the literature on performance‐related pay (PRP) and poor health relies on self‐
reported data, and the relationship is difficult to examine due to confounding variables. We …

The trucking industry is the lifeblood of supply chains. Truck driver turnover and motor carrier
safety are two salient issues affecting this industry. While turnover by itself presents a …