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Handbook of the Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
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Handbook of the Economics of Risk and Uncertainty

by Mark Machina, W. Kip Viscusi
November 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
896 pages
35h 10m
English
North Holland
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Thomas J. Kniesner and John D. Leeth
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9.5.3 Empirical Studies of Workers’ Compensation’s Impact on Safety
Table 9.3 summarizes the major studies exploring the safety effects of workers’ com-
pensation. The table examines four major questions: (1) Did passage of state workers’
compensation laws affect worker safety? (2) Does benefit generosity raise or lower the
number or the frequency of workplace injuries? (3) Does experience rating or other
program changes that raise employer costs of workers’ compensation claims improve
worker safety? and (4) Does the provision of insurance or the expansion of benefits
cause workers to exaggerate or to f ...
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