Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Roberts, Karen, 1949-
2. Burton, John F.
3. Bodah, Matthew M. (Matthew Michael)
4. Thomason, Terry.

Description

1. xv, 301 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

1. Workers' compensation > United States > Congresses
2. Employers' liability insurance > United States > Congresses
3. Employers' liability > United States > Congresses
4. Industrial safety > United States > Costs > Congresses
5. Industrial hygiene > United States > Costs > Congresses
6. Employers' liability
7. Employers' liability insurance
8. Industrial safety > Costs
9. Workers' compensation
10. occupational safety
11. occupational injury
12. occupational disease
13. employment accident benefit
14. occupational health
15. disability benefit
16. employers liability
17. sécurité du travail
18. lésion professionnelle
19. maladie professionnelle
20. prestations d'accident du travail
21. santé au travail
22. prestations d'invalidité
23. responsabilité de l'employeur
24. seguridad en el trabajo
25. lesión profesional
26. enfermedad profesional
27. prestaciones por accidentes de trabajo
28. salud en el trabajo
29. prestaciones de invalidez
30. responsabilidad del empleador
31. United States
32. USA
33. Etats-Unis
34. Estados Unidos

Genre/Form

1. Conference papers and proceedings

Contents

1. Introduction / Karen Roberts -- Economic incentives and workplace safety / Terry Thomason -- The adequacy of workers' compensation cash benefits / Leslie I. Boden, Robert T. Reville, Jeff Biddle -- Permanent partial disability benefits / John F. Burton, Jr. -- Issues in workers' compensation appeals system reform / Douglas E. Hyatt -- Performance measurement in workers' compensation systems / H. Allan Hunt -- The structure of and incentives from workers' compensation pricing / Karen Roberts -- Health care and workers' compensation / Cameron Mustard, Sandra Sinclair -- How can behavioral economics inform research on workplace injuries? / Seth A. Seabury, Robert T. Reville, Hilary J. Rhodes, Leslie I. Boden -- Revisiting black lung : can the feds deliver workers' compensation for occupational disease? / Peter S. Barth -- Workers' compensation in Rhode Island : reform through business/labor cooperation / Matthew Carey.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Papers from a conference entitled "Workers' Compensation: Current and Emerging Issues" held at the University of Rhode Island on March 27, 2004 to honor the former director of URI's Schmidt Labor Research Center.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.