In the workers' compensation area, projects have included WC design and administration studies in the State of Michigan, British Columbia, Canada, and Victoria, Australia.

• Senior staff/experts
• Published articles/chapters
• Working papers
• Technical reports and other related documents
• Articles appearing in the Institute's newsletter Employment Research
• Books from Upjohn Press
• Useful links  

   

   

   

• H. Allan Hunt, Senior economist

• "Income Replacement and Reemployment Programs in Michigan and Neighboring States." Stephen A. Woodbury. In Michigan at the Millennium: A Benchmark and Analysis of Its Fiscal and Economic Structure, C. Ballard, P. Courant, D. Drake, R. Fisher, and E. Gerber, eds., East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, pp. 389-412, 2003.

• The Productivity Consequences of Two Ergonomic Interventions, Kelly DeRango, Ben Amick III, Michelle Robertson, Ted Rooney, Anne Moore, and Lianna Bazzani (WP03-95), 2003.
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• Income Replacement and Reemployment Programs in Michigan and Neighboring States, Stephen A. Woodbury (WP02-86), 2002.
  [  Abstract   |   Full Text  ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Michigan at the Millennium: A Benchmark and Analysis of Its Fiscal and Economic Structure, C. Ballard, P. Courant, D. Drake, R. Fisher, and E. Gerber, eds., East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, pp. 389-412, 2003.
• The Returns to Education and Basic Skills Training for Individuals with Poor Health or Disability, Kevin Hollenbeck and Jean Kimmel (WP01-72), 2001.
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• The Michigan Disability Prevention Study: Research Highlights, H. Allan Hunt and Rochelle V. Habeck (WP93-18), 1993. [  Abstract   |   Full Text  ]

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• Washington Pension System Review, Peter Barth, Heather Grob, Henry Harder, Allan Hunt, Michael Silverstein (Technical report 008-025), 2008. Click above for full-text or read the Executive Summary.
• Why Not the Best? Service Delivery Core Review Report, H. Allan Hunt (Technical report 002-017), 2002. (Prepared for the Ministry of Skills Development and Labour Government of British Columbia).
• The Third Way: Prevention and Compensation of Work Injury in Victoria, Australia, Peter S. Barth, H. Allan Hunt, Alan Clayton, Ralph W. McGinnis, Robert W. Klein, and Terrance J. Bogyo (Technical report 000-015), 2000.
• Workers' Compensation Insurance in North America: Lessons for Victoria?, H. Allan Hunt and Robert W. Klein (Technical report 096-010), 1996.
• The Workers' Compensation System of British Columbia: Still in Transition, H. Allan Hunt, Peter S. Barth and Michael J. Leahy (Technical report 096-008), 1996.
• Disability Prevention Among Michigan Employers, H. Allan Hunt, Rochelle V. Habeck, Brett Van Tol, and Susan Scully (Technical report 093-004), 1994.
• Analysis of Persistence in Employer Injury Rates, H.Allan Hunt (Technical report 093-002), 1993.

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• Total Permanent Disability in Washington, by H. Allan Hunt, 2008.
• Earnings Losses for Injured Workers, by H. Allan Hunt, Kelly DeRango, and Eva Madley, 2006.
• Performance Management in Workers' Compensation Systems, by H. Allan Hunt, 2005.
• Contrasting the Employment of Single Mothers and People with Disabilities, by David C. Stapleton and Richard V. Burkhauser, 2003.
• Workers' Compensation under Alternative Insurance Arrangements, by Terry Thomason, Timothy P. Schmidle, and John F. Burton, Jr., 2001.
• Institute Research and Public Policy on Disability, by H. Allan Hunt, 1999.
• Three Systems of Workers' Compensation,by H. Allan Hunt, 1998.
• New Hope for Workers' Compensation Programs, by H. Allan Hunt, 1994.

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• Counting Working-Age People with Disabilities: What Current Data Tell us and Options for Improvement, Andrew J. Houtenville, David C. Stapleton, Robert R. Weathers II, and Richard V. Burkhauser, Editors, 2009 - read the first chapter now.
• Safety Practices, Firm Culture, and Workplace Injuries, Richard J. Butler and Yong-Seung Park, 2005 - read the first chapter now.
• Workplace Injuries and Diseases: Prevention and Compensation - Essays in Honor of Terry Thomason, Karen Roberts, John F. Burton Jr., and Matthew M. Bodah, Editors, 2005 - read the first chapter now.
• Adequacy of Earnings Replacement in Workers’ Compensation Programs: A Report of the Study Panel on Benefit Adequacy of the Workers’ Compensation Steering Committee - National Academy of Social Insurance, H. Allan Hunt, Editor, 2004 - read the first chapter now.
• The Decline in Employment of People with Disabilities: A Policy Puzzle, David C. Stapleton and Richard V. Burkhauser, Editors, 2003 - read the first chapter now.
• The Labor Market Experience of Workers with Disabilities: The ADA and Beyond, Julie L. Hotchkiss, 2003 - read the first chapter now.
• Carve-Outs in Workers' Compensation: An Analysis of the Experience in the California Construction Industry, David I. Levine, Frank W. Neuhasuer, Richard Reuben, Jeffrey S. Petersen, and Cristian Echeverria, 2002 - read the first chapter now.
• Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Costs, and Safety under Alternative Insurance Arrangements, Terry Thomason, Timothy P. Schmidle, and John F. Burton, Jr., 2001 - read the first chapter now.
• Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce, Peter B. Budetti, Richard V. Burkhauser, Janice M. Gregory, and H. Allan Hunt, Editors, 2001 - read the first chapter now.
• Growth in Disability Benefits: Explanations and Policy Implications, Kalman Rupp and David C. Stapleton, Editors, 1997.
• Disability, Work and Cash Benefits, Jerry L. Mashaw, Virginia Reno, Richard V. Burkhauser, and Monroe Berkowitz, Editors, 1996 - read the first chapter now.
• Causes of Litigation in Workers' Compensation Programs, Evangelos M. Falaris, Charles R. Link, and Michael E. Staten, 1995.
• Permanent Disability Benefits in Workers' Compensation, Monroe Berkowitz and John F. Burton, Jr., 1987.
• The Tragedy of Black Lung: Federal Compensation for Occupational Disease, Peter S. Barth, 1987.
• Current Issues in Workers' Compensation, James Chelius, Editor, 1986.

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• Social Security Administration Disability Program Information
• National Academy of Social Insurance
• U.S. DOL's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
• Institute for Work and Health (Canada)
• Workers' Compensation Research Institute
• Inter-American Development Bank, Sustainable Development Department: Disability