Workplace Injuries and Diseases: Prevention and Compensation – Essays in Honor of Terry Thomason Karen Roberts, John F. Burton Jr., and Matthew M. Bodah, Editors First Chapter | Table of Contents 301 pp. 2005 $20.00 paper 978-0-88099-324-1 A "Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, 2005" – Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University Each year, approximately one of every 20 full-time-equivalent workers in the United States gets injured while at work. This statistic highlights the need for an efficient yet adequate and equitable disability insurance (workers' compensation) system to help those workers during their recoveries. Much has been learned about how to balance the priorities for this type of social insurance, but gaps in our knowledge remain. This book presents a set of essays from a group of leading scholars that provide a detailed overview of what is known about the disability insurance system while highlighting areas of the system that beg for greater understanding. "To the noneconomist workplace injuries and illnesses are regarded as an accident and an unfortunate side effect of human activity. An economist, however, views them as outcomes of straightforward cost and benefit decisions made by workers and employers in the context of a regulated labour market. [This book] is a valuable, accessible and analytical contribution to what we know about these decisions and how we should think about workplace health and safety policy." –Industrial Relations Journal |