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workers' compensation: a standalone construct

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Economic history

state laws replacing negligence suits with no-fault injury compensation, adopted when employers, workers and insurers all expected gains.

In economic history, workers' compensation refers to state laws replacing negligence suits with no-fault injury compensation, adopted when employers, workers and insurers all expected gains. This meaning comes from Fishback (1998) in The Journal of Law and Economics.[1]

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compensation2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs injury2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two carriers negligence5 fields · 11 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs

References

Fishback, P. V., & Kantor, S. E. (1998). The Adoption of Workers' Compensation in the United States, 1900–1930. The Journal of Law and Economics, 41(2), 305-342. https://doi.org/10.1086/467392

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