A prelude to the welfare state : the origins of workers' compensation / / Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor.
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| Superior document: | NBER series on long-term factors in economic development |
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| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 316 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Framing the issues
- 2. Compensation for accidents before Workers' Compensation
- 3. The economic impact of the switch to Workers' Compensation
- 4. The timing of Workers' Compensation's enactment in the United States
- 5. The political process of adopting Workers' Compensation
- 6. The fractious disputes over state insurance
- 7. The battles over benefit levels, 1910-1930
- 8. Epilogue : lessons from the origins of Workers' Compensation.