Workplace Violence and the Duration of Workers’ Compensation Claims

Posted: 28 Apr 2010

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Michele Campolieti

University of Toronto at Scarborough - Division of Management

James Goldenberg

University of Toronto at Scarborough - Division of Management

Douglas Hyatt

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Date Written: March 15, 2008

Abstract

Based upon unique Canadian administrative data from the years 1996 to 1999, this study examines the duration of absences from work due to injuries arising from workplace violence with a hazard model. We find that policing and nursing occupations, larger health care expenditures and more severe acts of violence are associated with longer absences from work. On the other hand, workers from larger firms have shorter absences from work. Our estimates are also quite sensitive to the inclusion of unobserved heterogeneity distribution, i.e., an individual specific random effect. This suggests that unobservable factors, such as stress and psychological or psychosomatic problems resulting from the workplace violence could have a large impact on the duration of work absences.

JEL Classification: J28

Suggested Citation

Campolieti, Michele (Mike) and Goldenberg, James and Hyatt, Douglas, Workplace Violence and the Duration of Workers’ Compensation Claims (March 15, 2008). Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, Vol. 63, No. 1, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1596252

Michele (Mike) Campolieti (Contact Author)

University of Toronto at Scarborough - Division of Management ( email )

1265 Military Trial
Scarborough, Ontario M1C 1A4
Canada

James Goldenberg

University of Toronto at Scarborough - Division of Management

1265 Military Trial
Scarborough, Ontario M1C 1A4
Canada

Douglas Hyatt

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management ( email )

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Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6 M5S1S4
Canada
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