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Measuring the impact of occupational accidents on value-added labor productivity in Korea.
This study applies econometric methodologies to conduct a quantitative assessment of the overall impact of occupational accidents on changes in firms' labor productivity. In particular, it examines whether the magnitude of this impact varies according to the technological intensity required for production and further explores the mechanisms through which occupational accidents affect productivity, as well as the duration of these effects. The empirical results demonstrate that increases in occupational accident rates are significantly associated with declines (1%p increase in the accident rate reduces 3.9% in the average labor productivity) in labor productivity, with such adverse effects evident in both very low- and very high-technology firms. Moreover, the analysis identifies a self-reinforcing vicious cycle for approximately 3 to 4 years, wherein higher accident rates lead to productivity deterioration, exacerbating accident incidence. The findings also indicate that a substantial period (about 2 to 3 years) is required for firms to recover from productivity losses attributable to occupational accidents. Our findings catalyze firms to undertake proactive and voluntary measures to prevent occupational accidents and will provide an empirical foundation for policy interventions targeting vulnerable groups that are disproportionately affected by productivity losses resulting from such incidents.
期刊介绍:
The focus of the International Journal of Health Economics and Management is on health care systems and on the behavior of consumers, patients, and providers of such services. The links among management, public policy, payment, and performance are core topics of the relaunched journal. The demand for health care and its cost remain central concerns. Even as medical innovation allows providers to improve the lives of their patients, questions remain about how to efficiently deliver health care services, how to pay for it, and who should pay for it. These are central questions facing innovators, providers, and payers in the public and private sectors. One key to answering these questions is to understand how people choose among alternative arrangements, either in markets or through the political process. The choices made by healthcare managers concerning the organization and production of that care are also crucial. There is an important connection between the management of a health care system and its economic performance. The primary audience for this journal will be health economists and researchers in health management, along with the larger group of health services researchers. In addition, research and policy analysis reported in the journal should be of interest to health care providers, managers and policymakers, who need to know about the pressures facing insurers and governments, with consequences for regulation and mandates. The editors of the journal encourage submissions that analyze the behavior and interaction of the actors in health care, viz. consumers, providers, insurers, and governments. Preference will be given to contributions that combine theoretical with empirical work, evaluate conflicting findings, present new information, or compare experiences between countries and jurisdictions. In addition to conventional research articles, the journal will include specific subsections for shorter concise research findings and cont ributions to management and policy that provide important descriptive data or arguments about what policies follow from research findings. The composition of the editorial board is designed to cover the range of interest among economics and management researchers.Officially cited as: Int J Health Econ ManagFrom 2001 to 2014 the journal was published as International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics. (Articles published in Vol. 1-14 officially cited as: Int J Health Care Finance Econ)