The Employers' cost of Workers' Compensation Insurance: Magnitudes, Determinants, and Public Policy

摘要: New estimates of the average cost workers' compensation insurance for a homogeneous group employers by state are presented. These data used to estimate equations variety alternative specifications. The main finding is that when estimated ordinary least squares there unit elasticity costs with respect benefits, but instrumental variable effect benefits yield greater than elasticity. Finally, presence fund associated higher employers, all else equal. Copyright 1990 MIT Press.