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Tables of Contents for Workers' Compensation
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xiv
 
The Authors
xvii
 
Introduction
1
18
An Overview of Workers' Compensation
5
3
Objectives of the Workers' Compensation Programs
8
9
Notes
17
2
Developments in Workers' Compensation since 1960
19
32
Benefits and Costs
20
12
Insurance Arrangements
32
14
Conclusions
46
1
Notes
47
4
Measuring Employers' Costs
51
22
Alternative Measures of Employers' Costs
52
6
Cost Methodology
58
7
Cost Data
65
4
Conclusions
69
1
Notes
70
3
Benefit Adequacy versus Affordability
73
66
An Accounting Model of Employer Costs
74
1
Cost Regression Model
75
23
Regression Results
98
13
Benefit Adequacy versus Affordability
111
19
Conclusions
130
2
Notes
132
7
Employer Costs
139
20
Theoretical Considerations
140
6
Regression Analyses
146
10
Summary and Conclusions
156
1
Notes
157
2
The Effect of Workers' Compensation Insurance Regulation
159
30
Economic Theory of Rate Regulation
159
13
Empirical Research on Rate Regulation
172
9
Conclusions
181
1
Notes
182
7
The Effect of Workers' Compensation Insurance Regulation
189
60
Employer Cost Specification
189
10
Employer Costs: Regression Results
199
32
Market Structure and Rate Regulation
231
5
Market Structure Regressions
236
8
Conclusions about the Effect of Deregulation
244
2
Notes
246
3
Insurance Arrangements and Workplace Safety
249
20
The Economic Theory of Work Accidents
249
1
Injury Rate Regression Model
250
4
Regression Results: Public versus Private Provision
254
4
The Danzon-Harrington Hypothesis
258
5
Injury Rates and Rate Regulation
263
4
The Effect of Insurance Arrangements on Injury Rates
267
1
Notes
268
1
Conclusions
269
24
Cost Methodology
271
2
Benefit Adequacy versus Affordability
273
2
Delivery System Efficiency
275
9
Injury Prevention
284
1
Policy Implications
285
6
Notes
291
2
Appendix A: Data on Workers' Compensation Costs, Benefits, and Insurance Arrangements
293
16
Appendix B: Insurance Terminology
309
8
Appendix C: Detailed Methodology for Measuring Employers' Costs of Workers' Compensation Insurance
317
76
Appendix D: Benefit Index Methodology
393
16
Appendix E: The Insurance Cycle
409
8
Appendix F: Insurance Commission Survey
417
6
Appendix G: Supplemental Regression Results
423
8
References
431
12
Cited Author Index
443
4
Subject Index
447
 
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