New estimates of the labor market effects of workers' compensation insurance

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 635-651

  Kaestner, Robert ^a,b   Carroll, Anne ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031538605     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061099     Document Type: Article

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