TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Workers Compensation and Injury Duration - Evidence from A Natural Experiment
JO  - American economic review
A1  - Meyer, BD
A1  - Viscusi, W. Kip
A1  - Durbin, DL
SP  - 322
EP  - 340
VL  - 85
IS  - 3
N2  - This paper examines the effect of workers' compensation on time out of work, It introduces a ''natural experiment'' approach of comparing individuals injured before and after increases in the maximum weekly benefit amount. The increases examined in Kentucky and Michigan raised the benefit amount for high-earnings individuals by approximately 50 percent, while low-earnings individuals, who were unaffected by the benefit maximum, did nor experience a change in their incentives. Time out of work increased for those eligible for the higher benefits and remained unchanged for those whose benefits were constant. The estimated duration elasticities are clustered around 0.3-0.4.<p />
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SN  - 0002-8282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -