The Impact of Worker’s Age on the Consequences of Occupational Accidents: Empirical Evidence Using Spanish Data

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-174

  Bande, Roberto ^a   López Mourelo, Elva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Occupational accidents; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939961288     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-015-9199-7     Document Type: Article

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