The World Trade Center tragedy will prove the greatest challenge that has yet confronted the US workers' compensation system. The horrible and catastrophic events of September 11, 2001 were never contemplated in the legislative crafting of our nation's social, remedial insurance paradigm. Amid...

While the Federal expanded benefits are ending for many workers on Labor Day, Workers’ Compensation Benefits are still available for those workers who have been exposed to COVID at work and contract disease and remain ill from Long COVID. Workers’ Compensation Benefits (Temporary, Medical,...

This article describes Wisconsin worker's compensation law determining whether a workplace accident or occupational disease "arises out of employment." An accident, which occurs at one point of time, or a disease, which occurs over a period of time, may cause injury in innumerable ways; for...

We estimate the effects of the implementation of a compulsory work injury insurance in Sweden in 1978 on compensating wage differentials. This involves two steps. First, we investigate if there are compensating wage differentials on the Swedish labor market and second, we assess if these were...

Based upon unique Canadian administrative data from the years 1996 to 1999, this study examines the duration of absences from work due to injuries arising from workplace violence with a hazard model. We find that policing and nursing occupations, larger health care expenditures and more severe...

The large excess fraction of difficult-to-diagnose injuries on Monday was originally thought to reflect employees' use of workers' compensation to cover weekend injuries. However, there has been mixed evidence found supporting this notion. This paper takes advantage of substantial reforms in...

The theory of compensating wage differentials is generally accepted. It states that firms have to pay wage bonuses for hazardous work. However, there is as yet no strong or even contrary evidence for compensating wage differentials in Germany. By estimating wage regressions with data from the...

We analyse the impact of harmonising workplace health and safety laws in Australia on workplace injury and disease by estimating effects on the probability of receiving workers compensation in the past year. The introduction of the reform in all but two Australian states created a unique,...

We analyze the relationship between insurance rate regulation, inflationary cost surges, and incentives for loss control using state-level data on workers' compensation insurance for 24 states during 1984-90. Regulators often responded to rapid-loss growth during this period by denying rate...

Injuries sustained at work represent large income and welfare losses to households and there is a significant policy interest in reducing these burdens. Workers’ compensation program is a large government program which provides monetary and medical benefits to injured workers. Despite the...