03732nam a22003734a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003500112020003600147040002100183035002000204043001200224050002900236082002200265100002100287245018100308260007800489300002500567504006700592505209300659533015202752650005002904650007102954650005903025650004903084655002903133700003303162700002003195710001703215856012603232ebr10103881CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||001017s2001    miua    sb    001 0 eng    z   00051335   z0880992174 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z0880992182 (cloth : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)84146628  an-us---14aHD7103.65.U6bT48 2001eb04a368.4/1/009732211 aThomason, Terry.10aWorkers' compensationh[electronic resource] :bbenefits, costs, and safety under alternative insurance arrangements /cTerry Thomason, Timothy P. Schmidle, John F. Burton, Jr.  aKalamazoo, Mich. :bW.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,c2001.  axvii, 457 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 431- 441) and indexes.8 aMachine 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aWorkers' compensationzUnited StatesxStates. 0aWorkers' compensationxLaw and legislationzUnited StatesxStates. 0aEmployers' liability insurancezUnited StatesxStates. 0aEmployers' liabilityzUnited StatesxStates. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aSchmidle, Timothy P.,d1953-1 aBurton, John F.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10103881zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view