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  1. University of California, 92521, Riverside, CA

    David Fairris

  2. University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, MA

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We are indebted to Dan Hamermesh, Eric Johnson, Tom Kniesner, Steve Trejo, Aman Ullah, and partici-pants at the 1998 Society for Labor Economists Meetings for helpful comments, and to Paul Osterman for providing us with the Organization of Work in American Business Survey data.

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Fairris, D., Brenner, M. Workplace transformation and the rise in cumulative trauma disorders: Is there a connection?. J Labor Res 22, 15–28 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-001-1001-3

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