Workers' compensation benefits, costs, and safety under alternative insurance arrangements /
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Kalamazoo, Mich. :
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1 Introducton
- An Overview of Workers' Compensation
- Objectives of the Workers' Compensation Programs
- Notes
- 2 Developments in Workers' Compensation since 1960
- Benefits and Costs
- Insurance Arrangements
- Conclusions
- Notes
- 3 Measuring Employers' Costs
- Alternative Measures of Employers' Costs
- Cost Methodology
- Cost Data
- Conclusions
- Notes
- 4 Benefit Adequacy versus Affordability
- An Accounting Model of Employer Costs
- Cost Regression Model
- Regression Results
- Benefit Adequacy versus Affordability
- Conclusions
- Notes
- 5 Employer Costs
- Theoretical Considerations
- Regression Analyses
- Summary and Conclusions
- Notes
- 6 The Effect of Workers' Compensation Insurance Regulation
- Economic Theory of Rate Regulation
- Empirical Research on Rate Regulation
- Conclusions
- Notes
- 7 The Effect of Workers' Compensation Insurance Regulation
- Employer Cost Specification
- Employer Costs: Regression Results
- Market Structure and Rate Regulation
- Market Structure Regressions
- Conclusions about the Effect of Deregulation
- Notes
- 8 Insurance Arrangements and Workplace Safety
- The Economic Theory of Work Accidents
- Injury Rate Regression Model
- Regression Results: Public versus Private Provision
- The Danzon-Harrington Hypothesis
- Injury Rates and Rate Regulation
- The Effect of Insurance Arrangements on Injury Rates
- Notes
- 9 Conclusions
- Cost Methodology
- Benefit Adequacy versus Affordability
- Delivery System Efficiency
- Injury Prevention
- Policy Implications
- Notes
- Appendix A: Data on Workers' Compensation Costs, Benefits,
- and Insurance Arrangements
- Appendix B: Insurance Terminology
- Appendix C: Detailed Methodology for Measuring Employers' Costs
- of Workers' Compensation Insurance
- Appendix D: Benefit Index Methodology
- Appendix E: The Insurance Cycle
- Appendix F: Insurance Commission Survey
- Appendix G: Supplemental Regression Results
- References
- Cited Author Index
- Subject Index
- About the Institute.