Download This PaperThe Miner Act of 2006: Innovating for Safety and Health in U.S. Mining
19 Pages Posted: 13 May 2019
Date Written: January 2019
Abstract
The working paper uses patent data to explore the levels and trends in technological innovations in U.S. mineral mining with a particular focus on safety and health. We present four types of patent-based evidence on the impact of the 2006 MINER Act. While this evidence does not include a randomized or natural experiment to establish causality, all four types of evidence point to a positive and significant effect of the MINER Act on patenting in safety-related mineral mining technologies as well as reduced injuries and lost workdays among mine workers.
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Toole, Andrew A. and Forman, James and Tesfayesus, Asrat, The Miner Act of 2006: Innovating for Safety and Health in U.S. Mining (January 2019). USPTO Economic Working Paper No. 2019-01, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3376091 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3376091
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