Are recessions good for workplace safety?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1069-1093

  Boone, Jan ^a   van Ours, Jan C ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Unemployment; Workplace accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAFETY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYEE; INCIDENT REPORT; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33750014257     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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