Origins of Workers' Compensation

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Price Fishback, University of Arizona; Shawn Kantor, Florida State University

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

Fishback, Price, and Kantor, Shawn. Origins of Workers’ Compensation. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-11-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/E107361V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary These are a series of files associated with research on the origins of workers' compensation that culminated in the book by Price Fishback and Shawn Kantor.  A Prelude to the Welfare State.  Chicago:  University of Chicago Press. 2000.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources National Science Foundation. Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBR-9223058); University of Arizona; Earhart Foundation; Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Workers' Compensation; Political Economy; Workplace Accidents; Labor Markets
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1900 – 1930
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 1992 – 2000


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