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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