Post-Injury Wage Loss: A Quasi-Experimental Design

Contents

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• 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

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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 solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of CDC NIOSH and MAP ERC.

Table of Contents

Abstract

Chapter 1: Introduction

References

Chapter 2: Wyoming’s Labor Market in Context

• Table 1: Wyoming Post-Injury Wage Loss Analysis Factors, 2004

The Labor Force in General

• Figure 1: Wyoming Labor Force, 2000-2008
• Figure 2: Wyoming Unemployment Rate, 2000-2008

Natural Gas Prices

• Figure 3: U.S. Natural Gas Prices and Wyoming Marketed Production, January 2000-October 2008

Industry Employment and Wages

• Table 2a: Wyoming Employment by Industry, 2001, 2004, and 2008
• Figure 4: Wyoming Distribution of Construction Employment by Subsector, 2001-2008 (Reference Month: July)
• Figure 5: Wyoming Average Weekly Wage Per Job in Mining and Construction, 2001, 2004, and 2008
• Table 2b: Wyoming Average Weekly Wage by Industry, 2001, 2004, and 2008

Turnover

• Figure 6: Wyoming Percent Exits for All Industries, and Mining and Construction, First Quarter 2003 (2003Q1) to Fourth Quarter 2005 (2005Q4)

Demographic Characteristics

• Table 3: Wyoming Distribution of Persons Employed at Any Time by Age Group, 2000, 2004, and 2007
• Table 4: Wyoming Distribution of Persons Employed in Natural Resources & Mining at Any Time by Age Group, 2000, 2004, and 2007
• Table 5: Wyoming Distribution of Persons Employed in Construction at Any Time by Age Group, 2000, 2004, and 2007
• Table 6: Wyoming Average Annual Wages of Persons Employed at Any Time by Age Group, 2000, 2004, and 2007
• Figure 7: Wyoming Distribution of Persons Working at Any Time by Gender and Industry, 2000, 2004, and 2007

Workers’ Compensation Claimants’ Characteristics

• Table 7: Wages of Persons Working in Wyoming at Any Time by Employers' Workers' Compensation (WC) Coverage Status and Employee Claimant Status, All Industries, 2004
• Table 8: Wages of Persons Working in Mining in Wyoming at Any Time by Employers' Workers' Compensation (WC) Coverage Status and Employee Claimant Status, All Industries, 2004
• Figure 8: Average Annual Wages of All Persons Employed in Wyoming by Selected Industry and Gender, 2004
• Figure 9: Wyoming Worker’s Compensation Claimants and Overall Employment by Gender, 2004
• Figure 10: Average Annual Wages in Wyoming for Worker’s Compensation Claimants in Mining, Construction, and All Industries, 2004
• Table 9: Wages of Persons Working in Construction in Wyoming at Any Time by Employers’ Workers’ Compensation (WC) Coverage Status and Employee Claimant Status,a All Industries, 2004

Discussion

Research Extensions

Summary

References

Chapter 3: Methodology and Results

Methodology

Definitions

Results I: Demographics and Relative Risk

• Table 1: Demographics of the Wyoming Workforce by Age, Gender, and Workers’ Compensation Claimant Status
• Figure 1: Statewide Distribution of Female Claimants and Non-Claimants Whose Primary Employer Carried Workers’ Compensation Insurance, 2004
• Figure 2: Statewide Distribution of Male Claimants and Non-Claimants Whose Primary Employer Carried Workers’ Compensation Insurance, 2004
• Figure 3: Statewide Claims Rates of Workers Whose Primary Employer Carried Workers’ Compensation Insurance, 2004
• Figure 4: Workers’ Compensation Claims Rates for Workers Covered by Primary Employer Account for Selected Industries, 2004

Results II: Wage Analysis, All Workers

• Figure 5: Statewide Wages of Female Claimants and Non-Claimants Whose Primary Employer Carried Workers’ Compensation Insurance, 2004
• Figure 6: Statewide Wages of Male Claimants and Non-Claimants Whose Primary Employer Carried Workers’ Compensation Insurance, 2004
• Figure 7: Statewide Wages of Claimants and Non-Claimants Covered by Primary Employer Accounts for Selected Industries, 2004

Results III: Control Group Analysis, All Claimants

• Table 2: Distribution of Subjects Analyzed, Treatment and Control Group I
• Table 3a: Control Group Demographics
• Table 3b: Workers’ Compensation Claimants (Treatment Group) Demographics
• Table 4: Detail Statistics of Mining and Construction Industries: All Claimants

Results IV: More Severely Injured Workers’ Demographics

• Table 5: Sub-Control Group Study of Claimants Only, Treatment and Control Group II
• Table 6a: Medical Claim Only (Control Group 2) Demographics
• Table 6b: More Severe Injuries (Treatment Group 2) Demographics
• Table 7: Control Group Matching, More Severe Injuries Subset

Results V: Matched Control Group Analysis, More Severe Injuries

Conclusion

References

Appendix A: Wyoming Report of Injury (form)

Appendix B: Propensity Score Generation and Control Group Matching

Appendix C: Statistical Test Results

 

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