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A prelude to the welfare state the origins of workers' compensation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fishback, Price Van Meter.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Kantor, Shawn Everett.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2000.
Series:NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
Subjects:
Workers' compensation > United States.
Workers' compensation > Law and legislation > United States.
Workers' compensation > Law and legislation > United States > States.
Employers' liability insurance > United States.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Framing the issues
  • 2. Compensation for accidents before Workers' Compensation
  • 3. The economic impact of the switch to Workers' Compensation
  • 4. The timing of Workers' Compensation's enactment in the United States
  • 5. The political process of adopting Workers' Compensation
  • 6. The fractious disputes over state insurance
  • 7. The battles over benefit levels, 1910-1930
  • 8. Epilogue : lessons from the origins of Workers' Compensation.

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