EMPLOYMENT IMPACT OF WORKPLACE INJURIES IN 5 STATES

描述：（改编自研究者摘要）本研究将 制定衡量工作场所就业影响的标准化方法 和收入，可用于各种设置，其中不同的数据 都是可用的。 这些措施可以更有效地预防 资源 该研究还将量化对收益的影响， 雇主促进重新雇用受伤的工人，它将衡量 工作场所受伤和疾病对男女的不同影响， 年轻和年长的工人。 最后，它将制定方法， 比较各州的平均收入损失，这些州在重要方面存在差异， 不同的产业组合，失业率等等。这应该 提高我们对州际法律，实践， 和监管影响工作场所伤害和疾病的后果。 为了实现这些目标，我们将使用参数和非参数 统计方法，旨在提供公正的措施的影响， 干预措施（在这种情况下是工伤， 疾病）。 本研究将汇编和分析个人纵向 五个州50多万受伤工人的数据。 主数据 每个州的受伤工人将包括工人赔偿 所有损失时间工伤和失业的行政记录 薪酬纵向季度收入和就业数据， 至少连续7年。 比较组将包括具有非常 短期工伤，工人与工人的赔偿要求， 只有医疗支付，未受伤的工人与受伤前的雇主相匹配 和受伤前的收入 我们将测试我们的结果的敏感性， 统计方法和对照组的选择。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from the Investigator's Abstract) This study will develop standardized methods to measure the impacts of workplace employment and earnings that can be used in a variety of settings where different data are available. These measures allow more effective targeting of prevention resources. The study also will quantify the impact on earnings when employers promote rehiring of injured workers, and it will measure the differential impact of workplace injuries and illnesses on men and women and on younger and older workers. Finally, it will develop methods for comparing average lost earnings among states that differ in important ways - with disparate industrial mixes, unemployment rates, and so on. This should improve our understanding of how interstate variation in laws, practices, and regulation affect consequences of workplace injuries and illnesses. To accomplish these goals, we will use both parametric and nonparametric statistical methods designed to provide unbiased measures of the impacts of interventions (which, in this case are the workplace injuries and illnesses). This study will compile and analyze individual longitudinal data on more than 500,000 injured workers in five states. The primary data on injured workers in each state will consist of workers' compensation administrative records on all lost-time injuries and unemployment compensation longitudinal quarterly earnings and employment data covering at least 7 consecutive years. Comparison groups will include workers with very short-term injuries, workers with workers' compensation claims involving only medical payments, and uninjured workers matched on preinjury employer and preinjury earnings. We will test the sensitivity of our results to the choice of statistical method and comparison group.