Workplace injuries and diseases : prevention and compensation : essays in honor of Terry Thomason / Karen Roberts, John F. Burton, Jr., Matthew M. Bodah, editors.

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Book
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English
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Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2005.
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xv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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    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.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 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.
    ISBN
    • 9780880993241 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 0880993243 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2005009746
    OCLC
    58985849
    International Article Number
    • 9780880993241
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