The adoption of workers' compensation in the 1910s, from a variety of perspectives, was a significant event in the economic, legal, and political history of the United States. The legislation represented the first instance of a widespread social insurance program in the United States, setting...

In the wake of 2008-2009 global financial crisis (GFC), governments in most developed countries adopted new forms of financial regulation; more recently their attention has shifted to international regulation. One trans-national effort involves applying new global capital requirements to...

Project: Examination of Workers' Compensation Gaps and Inequities in the United States. Lead Researcher: Christopher Kampa, Director of Research, Insurance Studies Institute. ISI Oversight: Paul Siegert, President and CEO, Insurance Studies Institute.Project Description: Workers' compensation is...

We exploit recent decades of US state-level reforms to the generosity of workers' compensation programs to estimate the associated moral hazard, utilizing an event- study design and analyzing 9 separate reform categories. The reforms vary - some affecting benefit size, some the probability of...

We study the effect of state recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) on workers' compensation (WC) benefit receipt among adults 40-62 years. We find that WC receipt declines in response to RML adoption both in terms of the propensity to receive benefits and benefit amount. We estimate complementary...