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employer-provided health insurance and employer payments for FICA taxes has contributed to the growth in observed and actual … substantially more unequal since 1979 than the traditional measure based on wages alone indicates. …
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-to-diagnose injuries. Moreover, substitution between WC and other insurance programs may be observed. The decision of reporting a workplace … accident may also be affected by the generosity of WC benefits. 2) WC may induce changes in occupational wages rates and 3) WC … show that increases in WC insurance are associated with an increase in the frequency of injuries (elasticities ranging from …
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This survey covers extensively the theoretical and the empirical work that was done on the incentive effects related to the existence of workers' compensation (WC) in the North American context. It first analyzes the economic rationale for compulsory WC. Then it studies the impact of WC on behavior.
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spells and (ii) reduced reemployment wages. Although full insurance requires both unemployment benefits and wage insurance …, supply difficulties limit actual-loss insurance, and separation packages typically include partial unemployment insurance and … integration of these insurance instruments in this complex planning environment. One important implication: given the structure of …
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and car insurance using data from the UK. The main empirical results are: - higher labor income risk induces a higher … demand for car insurance. - the effects of increases in labor income risk after 1979 seem to be more than offset by a more …
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