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An International Comparison of Workers’ Compensation provides an analysis of workers’ compensation insurance practices throughout the world.
Beginning with an explanation of the major characteristics of a workers’ compensation program, such as which workers are covered and what medical care or expense benefits are provided, the book describes the minimum standards prescribed by the International Labor Organization in 1964 and the United States National Commission on State Workmens’ Compensation Laws in 1972. It then summarizes what options 136 nations have selected for each of the major characteristics and shows how these options tend to vary from nation to nation according to location, income status, and its security system.
The book describes in detail the workers’ compensation progam in 13 nations including the U.S., U.K., Japan, Hungary, The Netherlands, and Germany, to name a few. The nations were selected because they represent a wide variety of the approaches that have been made to workers’ compensation programs throughout the world.
An International Comparison of Workers’ Compensation is an invaluable reference source for anyone working in the areas of industrial relations, in-surance, labor economics, and actuarial studies.
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