Testing the workplace injury reporting thesis : a three-state analysis
(2013) In Journal of Health, Safety and Environment 29(1). p.9-20- Abstract
- The annual total economic costs of workplace-related fatalities, illness and injury in Australia are estimated to exceed $57 billion dollars. Because of these societal costs, much policy attention is given to the reduction in the number and severity of workplace accidents, and in attempting to isolate critical factors impacting on these. Using a unique data set of monthly claims observations in Australia's three most populous states, this paper tests an existing theory concerning workers' propensity to claim compensation and the subsequent impact on the number of claims made. Following a methodology similar to that first adopted in 2006, the paper finds no definitive support for the worker injury reporting thesis in a limited Australian... (More)
- The annual total economic costs of workplace-related fatalities, illness and injury in Australia are estimated to exceed $57 billion dollars. Because of these societal costs, much policy attention is given to the reduction in the number and severity of workplace accidents, and in attempting to isolate critical factors impacting on these. Using a unique data set of monthly claims observations in Australia's three most populous states, this paper tests an existing theory concerning workers' propensity to claim compensation and the subsequent impact on the number of claims made. Following a methodology similar to that first adopted in 2006, the paper finds no definitive support for the worker injury reporting thesis in a limited Australian setting. The results suggest that any support for reduced government investments in safety interventions arising from the worker injury reporting thesis is likely to be misplaced in the Australian context. (Less)
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abstract = {{The annual total economic costs of workplace-related fatalities, illness and injury in Australia are estimated to exceed $57 billion dollars. Because of these societal costs, much policy attention is given to the reduction in the number and severity of workplace accidents, and in attempting to isolate critical factors impacting on these. Using a unique data set of monthly claims observations in Australia's three most populous states, this paper tests an existing theory concerning workers' propensity to claim compensation and the subsequent impact on the number of claims made. Following a methodology similar to that first adopted in 2006, the paper finds no definitive support for the worker injury reporting thesis in a limited Australian setting. The results suggest that any support for reduced government investments in safety interventions arising from the worker injury reporting thesis is likely to be misplaced in the Australian context.}},
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