Data and Code for: Explaining heterogeneity in use of non-wage benefits: The role of worker and firm characteristics in disability accommodations

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Naoki Aizawa, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Corina Mommaerts, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Stephanie Rennane, RAND Corporation

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Project Citation:

Aizawa, Naoki, Mommaerts, Corina, and Rennane, Stephanie. Data and Code for: Explaining heterogeneity in use of non-wage benefits: The role of worker and firm characteristics in disability accommodations. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-04-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/E164141V1

Project Description

Summary: These files contain replication files for the article "Explaining Heterogeneity in Use of Non-wage Benefits: The Role of Worker and Firm Characteristics in Disability Accommodations", American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 2022. The abstract of the paper is as follows: Non-wage benefits are an important component of employment arrangements, but are not available to or used by all workers. Do differences in firm, worker, or match-specific characteristics drive benefit take-up? We provide new evidence on heterogeneity in use of non-wage benefits, focusing on disability accommodations. Using administrative data in Oregon, we document significant dispersion in accommodation rates across worker and firm characteristics. We decompose the variance in accommodation use, finding that firm characteristics explain substantially more than worker or injury characteristics (29 percent vs. 4 percent). This finding highlights the firm's role in use of non-wage benefits like disability accommodations.

Funding Sources: the US Social Security Administration funded as part of the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium (No. AAH3792 and No. AAJ8764)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: non-wage benefits; heterogeneity; workers' compensation; employer accommodation

JEL Classification:
      I10 Health: General
      J32 Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
      J38 Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy

Geographic Coverage: Oregon, U.S.

Time Period(s): 1/1/2005 – 12/31/2017

Collection Date(s): 1/1/2005 – 12/31/2017

Universe:

Closed claims in Oregon's workers' compensation system in which a worker had a temporary work restriction

Data Type(s): program source code

Collection Notes: We use administrative data that cannot be posted publicly. See our readme file for details.

Methodology

Data Source: Administrative Workers' Compensation (WC) claims data from the State of Oregon (Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, ODBCS) between 2005 and 2017

Unit(s) of Observation: individual

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