Older Workers Face More Serious Consequences from Workplace Injuries

6 Pages Posted: 9 Sep 2004

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Jeff Biddle

Michigan State University

Leslie I. Boden

Boston University - Department of Environmental Health

Robert T. Reville

RAND Corporation - Institute for Civil Justice

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Date Written: December 2003

Abstract

Comparing the outcomes of workplace injuries in three states - California, Washington, and Wisconsin - suggests that older workers are more likely than their younger counterparts to have permanent disabilities as a result of those injuries. This is true even though older workers have fewer workplace accidents. In addition, older workers suffer larger wage losses over the first few years after injury, they have lower replacement rates from workers' compensation benefits, and they experience more injury-related days of non-employment.

Keywords: Older workers, workplace injuries

Suggested Citation

Biddle, Jeff E. and Boden, Leslie I. and Reville, Robert T., Older Workers Face More Serious Consequences from Workplace Injuries (December 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=587050 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.587050

Jeff E. Biddle (Contact Author)

Michigan State University ( email )

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United States

Leslie I. Boden

Boston University - Department of Environmental Health ( email )

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Boston, MA 02118
United States

Robert T. Reville

RAND Corporation - Institute for Civil Justice ( email )

1776 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA
United States

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