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The Impact of Occupational Safety and Health Regulation, 1973-1983

dc.contributor.authorViscusi, W. Kip
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-28T19:33:48Z
dc.date.available2014-10-28T19:33:48Z
dc.date.issued1986
dc.identifier.citation17 The RAND Journal of Economics 567 (1986)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/6831
dc.descriptionarticle published in economic journalen_US
dc.description.abstractUsing a sample of manufacturing industries from 1973 to 1983, this article reexamines OSHA's impact on workplace safety. Evidence supporting OSHA's effectiveness is stronger than that presented in most previous studies but remains quite mixed. Only for the incidence of lost workday injuries and illnesses is there evidence of a statistically significant OSHA impact for an equation that is stable over the 1973-1983 period. The magnitude of the effect is modest, and the effect is not robust with respect to different risk variables. For the three risk variables examined, there is no evidence of endogeneity of the contemporaneous OSHA enforcement variable.en_US
dc.format.extent1 PDF (16 pages)en_US
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dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherRand Journal of Economicsen_US
dc.subjectOSHAen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Evaluationen_US
dc.subject.lcshWork environment -- United States -- Safety measuresen_US
dc.titleThe Impact of Occupational Safety and Health Regulation, 1973-1983en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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