Economic Consequences of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses: Lost Earnings and Benefit Adequacy

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• Personal Author:
  Boden LI ; Galizzi M
• Description:
  Background: This is the first study based on individual data to estimate earnings lost from virtually all reported workplace injuries and illnesses in a state. Methods: We estimated lost earnings from workplace injuries and illnesses occurring in Wisconsin in 1989-90, using workers' compensation data and 6 years of unemployment insurance wage data. We used regression techniques to estimate losses relative to a comparison group. Results: The average present value of losses projected 10 years past the observed period is over $8,000 per injury. Women lose a greater proportion of their preinjury earnings than do men. Replacement of after-tax projected losses averages 64% for men and 50% for women. Conclusions: Overall, workers with compensated injuries and illnesses experienced discounted pre-tax losses projected to total over $530,000,000 (1994 dollars), with about 60% of after-tax losses replaced by workers' compensation. Generally, groups losing over eight weeks' work received workers' compensation benefits covering less than 40% of their losses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Demography Epidemiology Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Author Keywords: Occupational Injuries Cost Of Illness Demographic-characteristics Disability Economics Employment Injuries Occupational Diseases Racial-factors Sex-factors Statistical-analysis Workers' Compensation

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  487-503
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024433
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1999 Nov; 36(5):487-503
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
• Email:
  lboden@bu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Social and Economic Consequences
• Performing Organization:
  Boston University, School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19950930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  19990929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2f9b5930ba2c682af2f95493782113031c9651a373ccf9bdb30815d72abe3331059e3fe5ee759e47294cd4e4e16cc968c6194b51b97dedd41df6880f5b56a52f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196237/cdc_196237_DS1.pdf
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