- Control Group:
- Either non-claimants or claimants who filed claims for medical benefits only
- Indemnity Payments:
- Payments made to injured workers or their dependents when an injury resulting in a disability (or death) occurs
- Industry:
- The type(s) service the business provided or product(s) it produced in 2004
- Medical Billings:
- The total amount of medical expenses submitted to Workers’ Compensation for payment
- Medical Payments:
- The amount of medical expenses actually paid by Workers’ Compensation
- Nominal Dollars:
- The amount of money actually spent which ignores value changes due to inflation
- Occupation:
- The type of job the claimant performed for the business where the Workers’ Compensation claimed injury occurred in 2004
- Person Employed at Any Time:
- Individuals who worked for a business covered by Workers’ Compensation and Unemployment Insurance during 2004
- Primary Employer Workers’ Compensation Coverage:
- Whether the worker’s primary employer was covered by Workers’ Compensation insurance. Most employers carry both Unemployment and Workers’ Compensation Insurance
- Primary Employer:
- The employer who paid the worker the most wages during 2004
- Real Dollars:
- The amount of money spent relative to a certain time, e.g. a dollar today has less value than a dollar last year
- Tenure with Primary Employer:
- The number of consecutive quarters since first quarter 1992 in which a person was paid wages by the primary employer allowing for breaks of three or fewer quarters
- Treatment Group:
- Either the universe 2004 Workers’ Compensation claimants or more severely injured claimants depending upon the level of analysis
- Wage Replacement:
- The difference between wages earned by a non-claimant and the sum of wages earned by claimants plus their indemnity payments
Post-Injury Wage Loss: A Quasi-Experimental Design
Contents
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Glossary
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Wyoming’s Labor Market in Context
- Chapter 3: Methodology and Results
- Appendix A Wyoming Report of Injury
- Appendix B: Propensity Score Generation and Control Group Matching
- Appendix C: Statistical Test Results
Prepared for The NIOSH Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC)
Funding Source:
This publication was supported by Grant Number 1T42OH009229-01 from CDC
NIOSH Mountain
and Plains Education and Research Center. Its contents are
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necessarily represent the official view of CDC NIOSH and MAP ERC.