We examine the effect of denial rates from the Canada/Quebec Pension Plan (C/QPP) disability program on the labor force participation of older men and women in Canada. Our study uses data from a period in which there was a change in CPP disability adjudication requirements, which also varied by...

The authors use a unique longitudinal data set from Ontario, covering the years 1984-92, to estimate the determinants of strike incidence and duration. Unlike most empirical analyses of strikes, the data set for this study contains both small and large bargaining units. The authors find strong...

The authors use a unique longitudinal data set from Ontario, covering the years 1984–92, to estimate the determinants of strike incidence and duration. Unlike most empirical analyses of strikes, the data set for this study contains both small and large bargaining units. The authors find...

Expansion of the rights of individual workers to refuse unsafe work and to make anonymous health and safety complaints has met with concerns that these rights might be misused so as to increase union bargaining power or to otherwise harass employers. The authors construct a database that merges...

The authors present evidence on the extent to which injured workers in Ontario in 1979–88 “paid,†through lower wages, for “reasonable accommodation†requirements designed to facilitate their return to work after their injury. The data source, the Ontario Workers#x0027;...

Using a unique data set from Ontario, the authors investigate the relationship between representation and the probability that a workers' compensation appeal initiated by a worker will be granted. Unlike similar previous investigations, this study includes many types of claims, not just...

Three alternative models of compensating wage premiums for risk are estimated: the conventional OLS wage regression; an endogenous risk model that accounts for the simultaneity that may occur if workers of high potential earnings prefer safer jobs; and a self-selection model to account for the...

Expansion of the rights of individual workers to refuse unsafe work and to make anonymous health and safety complaints has met with concerns that these rights might be misused so as to increase union bargaining power or to otherwise harass employers. The authors construct a database that merges...

Using a unique data set from Ontario, the authors investigate the relationship between representation and the probability that a workers' compensation appeal initiated by a worker will be granted. Unlike similar previous investigations, this study includes many types of claims, not just...