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How Do Minimum Wages Affect Workplace Injuries?, Michael Davies, R. Jisung Park, Anna Stansbury May 2026

How Do Minimum Wages Affect Workplace Injuries?, Michael Davies, R. Jisung Park, Anna Stansbury

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


How Do Minimum Wages Affect Workplace Injuries?, Michael Davies, R. Jisung Park, Anna Stansbury Mar 2026

How Do Minimum Wages Affect Workplace Injuries?, Michael Davies, R. Jisung Park, Anna Stansbury

Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs

No abstract provided.


Minimum Wages And Workplace Injuries, Michael Davies, R. Jisung Park, Anna Stansbury Mar 2026

Minimum Wages And Workplace Injuries, Michael Davies, R. Jisung Park, Anna Stansbury

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

How do minimum wage changes affect workplace amenities? Using the universe of claims from California, the US’ largest workers’ compensation system, over 2000-2019, we exploit geographic variation in state- and city-level minimum wages and local occupation-level variation in exposure to minimum wage changes to estimate whether minimum wage increases affect the rate of workplace injuries. We find a large adverse effect of raising minimum wages on injuries. A 10% increase in the minimum wage increases the injury rate by 7.2% in an occupation-metro area labor market which is fully exposed to the minimum wage increase. Our results imply an elasticity …


Variability In U.S. Labor Markets: A Presentation To The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute, Michael Horrigan Mar 2020

Variability In U.S. Labor Markets: A Presentation To The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute, Michael Horrigan

Presentations

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Health Insurance On Workers' Compensation Filing: Evidence From The Affordable Care Act's Age-Based Threshold For Dependent Coverage, Marcus Dillender Aug 2015

The Effect Of Health Insurance On Workers' Compensation Filing: Evidence From The Affordable Care Act's Age-Based Threshold For Dependent Coverage, Marcus Dillender

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

This paper identifies the effect of health insurance on workers' compensation (WC) filing for young adults by implementing a regression discontinuity design using WC medical claims data from Texas. The results suggest health insurance factors into the decision to have WC pay for discretionary care. The implied instrumental variables estimates suggest a 10 percentage point decrease in health insurance coverage increases WC bills by 15.3 percent. Despite the large impact of health insurance on the number of WC bills, the additional cost to WC at age 26 appears to be small as most of the increase comes from small bills.


Benefit Adequacy In State And Provincial Workers' Compensation Programs, H. Allan Hunt, Marcus Dillender Oct 2014

Benefit Adequacy In State And Provincial Workers' Compensation Programs, H. Allan Hunt, Marcus Dillender

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Occupational Disease Claims Within Washington's Workers' Compensation System, Kevin Hollenbeck, Peter S. Barth, H. Allan Hunt, Kenneth D. Rosenman May 2013

A Study Of Occupational Disease Claims Within Washington's Workers' Compensation System, Kevin Hollenbeck, Peter S. Barth, H. Allan Hunt, Kenneth D. Rosenman

Upjohn Institute Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


The Evolution Of Disability Management In North American Workers' Compensation Programs, H. Allan Hunt May 2011

The Evolution Of Disability Management In North American Workers' Compensation Programs, H. Allan Hunt

Reports

No abstract provided.


Compromise And Release Settlements In Workers' Compensation: Final Report, H. Allan Hunt, Peter S. Barth May 2011

Compromise And Release Settlements In Workers' Compensation: Final Report, H. Allan Hunt, Peter S. Barth

Reports

No abstract provided.


Service Delivery Core Review: A Reappraisal, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2010

Service Delivery Core Review: A Reappraisal, H. Allan Hunt

Reports

No abstract provided.


Is It Time To Establish A National Disability Data System?, David C. Stapleton, Craig V.D. Thornton Oct 2009

Is It Time To Establish A National Disability Data System?, David C. Stapleton, Craig V.D. Thornton

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Counting Working-Age People With Disabilities: What Current Data Tell Us And Options For Improvement, Andrew J. Houtenville Editor, David C. Stapleton Editor, Robert R. Weathers Editor, Richard V. Burkhauser Editor May 2009

Counting Working-Age People With Disabilities: What Current Data Tell Us And Options For Improvement, Andrew J. Houtenville Editor, David C. Stapleton Editor, Robert R. Weathers Editor, Richard V. Burkhauser Editor

Upjohn Press

This book offers a systematic review of what current statistics and data on working-age people with disabilities can and cannot tell us, and how the quality of the data can be improved to better inform policymakers, advocates, analysts, service providers, administrators, and others interested in this at-risk population.


Total Permanent Disability In Washington, H. Allan Hunt Oct 2008

Total Permanent Disability In Washington, H. Allan Hunt

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Earnings Losses For Injured Workers, H. Allan Hunt, Kelly Derango, Eva Madly Apr 2006

Earnings Losses For Injured Workers, H. Allan Hunt, Kelly Derango, Eva Madly

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Safety Practices, Firm Culture, And Workplace Injuries, Richard J. Butler, Yong-Seung Park Aug 2005

Safety Practices, Firm Culture, And Workplace Injuries, Richard J. Butler, Yong-Seung Park

Upjohn Press

The authors present analysis of the impact of various HRM practices on firms’ workers’ compensation costs; specifically, which practices lower firms’ workers’ compensation costs and whether the impact is the result of changes in technical efficiency or comes through induced changes in workers’ behavior.


Workplace Injuries And Diseases: Prevention And Compensation - Essays In Honor Of Terry Thomason, Karen Roberts Editor, John F. Burton Editor, Matthew M. Bodah Editor Aug 2005

Workplace Injuries And Diseases: Prevention And Compensation - Essays In Honor Of Terry Thomason, Karen Roberts Editor, John F. Burton Editor, Matthew M. Bodah Editor

Upjohn Press

This book presents a set of essays from a group of leading scholars that provides a detailed overview of what is known about the disability insurance system while highlighting areas of the system that beg for greater understanding.


Performance Management In Workers' Compensation Systems, H. Allan Hunt Jan 2005

Performance Management In Workers' Compensation Systems, H. Allan Hunt

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Testimony Of H. Allan Hunt, Ph.D.: [Hearing On "Examining The Federal Employees' Compensation Act And Its Benefits For Workers"], H. Allan Hunt May 2004

Testimony Of H. Allan Hunt, Ph.D.: [Hearing On "Examining The Federal Employees' Compensation Act And Its Benefits For Workers"], H. Allan Hunt

Testimonies

No abstract provided.


Adequacy Of Earnings Replacement In Workers' Compensation Programs: A Report Of The Study Panel On Benefit Adequacy Of The Workers' Compensation Steering Committee, National Academy Of Social Insurance, H. Allan Hunt, National Academy Of Social Insurance Jan 2004

Adequacy Of Earnings Replacement In Workers' Compensation Programs: A Report Of The Study Panel On Benefit Adequacy Of The Workers' Compensation Steering Committee, National Academy Of Social Insurance, H. Allan Hunt, National Academy Of Social Insurance

Upjohn Press

The Workers’ Compensation Steering Committee of the National Academy of Social Insurance formed the Benefit Adequacy Study Panel to review the literature on benefit adequacy and to develop an approach to document what is currently known—and not known—about benefit adequacy in WC programs. The panel documents the extent to which WC cash benefits replace workers’ lost wages, and assesses the adequacy of that wage replacement.


Accountability: Gpra, Part & Owcp, H. Allan Hunt Dec 2003

Accountability: Gpra, Part & Owcp, H. Allan Hunt

Conference Papers

No abstract provided.


Accountability: Comparing And Benchmarking Performance Of Wc Systems, H. Allan Hunt Aug 2003

Accountability: Comparing And Benchmarking Performance Of Wc Systems, H. Allan Hunt

Conference Papers

No abstract provided.


The Decline In Employment Of People With Disabilities: A Policy Puzzle, David C. Stapleton Editor, Richard V. Burkhauser Editor Jan 2003

The Decline In Employment Of People With Disabilities: A Policy Puzzle, David C. Stapleton Editor, Richard V. Burkhauser Editor

Upjohn Press

The book begins with a documentation of the employment rate decline and ends by spelling out the implications of this decline for public policy. However, the bulk of the book provides a detailed examination of the various explanations for the puzzling decline in employment among the working-aged population with disabilities.


The Labor Market Experience Of Workers With Disabilities: The Ada And Beyond, Julie L. Hotchkiss Jan 2003

The Labor Market Experience Of Workers With Disabilities: The Ada And Beyond, Julie L. Hotchkiss

Upjohn Press

This book focuses on the labor market provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It provides a comprehensive analysis of the current labor market experience of American workers with disabilities and an assessment of the impact the ADA has had on that experience.


Why Not The Best? Service Delivery Core Review Report, H. Allan Hunt Mar 2002

Why Not The Best? Service Delivery Core Review Report, H. Allan Hunt

Upjohn Institute Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Carve-Outs In Workers' Compensation: An Analysis Of The Experience In The California Construction Industry, David I. Levine, Frank Neuhauser, Richard Reuben, Jeffrey S. Petersen, Cristian Echeverria Jan 2002

Carve-Outs In Workers' Compensation: An Analysis Of The Experience In The California Construction Industry, David I. Levine, Frank Neuhauser, Richard Reuben, Jeffrey S. Petersen, Cristian Echeverria

Upjohn Press

Employers and unions in several states during the 1990s were allowed to "carve out" their own workers' compensation systems. These innovative reforms gave the parties the right to collectively bargain their own systems outside the statutory systems. In addition, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) systems were implemented in order speed the legal process and reduce litigation costs. This book offers an evaluation of the first few years' experience with these organizational reforms in California.


Is Compensation For Workplace Injuries Adequate?, H. Allan Hunt Jan 2002

Is Compensation For Workplace Injuries Adequate?, H. Allan Hunt

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


The New Employment Contract?, David I. Levine Jan 2002

The New Employment Contract?, David I. Levine

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Workers' Compensation Under Alternative Insurance Arrangements, Terry Thomason, Timothy P. Schmidle, John F. Burton Apr 2001

Workers' Compensation Under Alternative Insurance Arrangements, Terry Thomason, Timothy P. Schmidle, John F. Burton

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Costs, And Safety Under Alternative Insurance Arrangements, Terry Thomason, Timothy P. Schmidle, John F. Burton Jan 2001

Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Costs, And Safety Under Alternative Insurance Arrangements, Terry Thomason, Timothy P. Schmidle, John F. Burton

Upjohn Press

Thomason, Schmidle, and Burton make use of a unique data set to delve into how insurance arrangements affect several objectives of the workers' compensation (WC) program. They underscore the effects of deregulation and other changes in WC insurance pricing arrangements by performing empirical analyses that use state-specific cost, benefit, and injury data from 48 states for 1975-1995. This allows them to address the interactive relationships among the four objectives of WC systems adequacy of benefits, affordability of WC insurance, efficiency in the benefits delivery system, and prevention of workplace injuries and diseases and how various public policies adopted by states …


The Third Way: Prevention And Compensation Of Work Injury In Victoria, Australia, Peter S. Barth, H. Allan Hunt, Alan Clayton, Ralph W. Mcginn, Robert W. Klein, Terrance J. Bogyo Feb 2000

The Third Way: Prevention And Compensation Of Work Injury In Victoria, Australia, Peter S. Barth, H. Allan Hunt, Alan Clayton, Ralph W. Mcginn, Robert W. Klein, Terrance J. Bogyo

Upjohn Institute Technical Reports

No abstract provided.