Replication data for: Medical Care Spending and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Workers' Compensation Reforms

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) David Powell; Seth Seabury

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Project Citation:

Powell, David, and Seabury, Seth. Replication data for: Medical Care Spending and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Workers’ Compensation Reforms. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113074V1

Project Description

Summary: Medical care represents an important component of workers' compensation benefits with the potential to improve health and post- injury labor outcomes, but little is known about the relationship between medical care spending and the labor outcomes of injured workers. We exploit the 2003–2004 California workers' compensation reforms which reduced medical spending disproportionately for workers incurring low back injuries. We link administrative claims data to earnings records for injured workers and their uninjured coworkers. We find that workers with low back injuries experienced a 7.6% post-reform decline in medical care, and an 8.1% drop in post-injury earnings relative to other injured workers.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
      I12 Health Behavior
      I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      J28 Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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V1 [2019-10-12]

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