Workers Compensation Insurance: Incentive Effects of Experience Rating on Work-related Health and Safety

Pascale Lengagne ()

No DT64, Working Papers from IRDES institut for research and information in health economics

Abstract: This article examines Workers Compensation Insurance experience rating premiums setting, a common financial incentive tool existing in several countries. Premiums paid by firms are experience rated, which may encourage them to reduce work-related injuries and disabilities. This article provides a literature review on effects of experience rating on work-related health and safety, and empirical results on the French jurisdiction, using sectorial data from industry and construction sectors in 2005. Results are consistent with the hypothesis that this policy tool is a lever that contributes to improve working conditions and reduce work-related injuries rates.

Keywords: Workers’ Compensation; experience rating; working conditions; work-related injuries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I13 I18 J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2015-01, Revised 2015-01
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