Workers' compensation recipiency in union and nonunion workplaces.

From: Industrial and Labor Relations Review | Date: January 1, 1997| Author: Hirsch, Barry T.; Macpherson, David A.; Dumond, J. Michael | Copyright information

This study estimates union effects on workers' compensation indemnity claims in 1977-92, based on individual panel data constructed from the March Current Population Survey. Union members were substantially more likely to receive workers' compensation benefits than were similar nonunion workers, and they were more sensitive to variation in benefit levels and waiting periods. The authors suggest that differences in union, as compared to nonunion, workplaces arise because workers are provided w...

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