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SOII and CFOI Articles

 SOII/CFOI Articles 

2022

Gray, W.B. and Mendeloff, J. (2022), Preventing construction deaths: The role of public policies. Regulation & Governance. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12486

2016

Byler, C., Kesy, L., Richardson, S., Pratt, S. G., & Rodríguez-Acosta, R. L. (2016). Work-related fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes: matching of 2010 data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and the Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 92, 97-106.

Cohn, J. B., & Wardlaw, M. I. (2016). Financing constraints and workplace safety. The Journal of Finance, 71(5), 2017-2058.

2015

Pierce, B. (2015). Does the year‐end decline in injury risk reflect reporting error? American journal of industrial medicine, 58(5), 519-527.

2014

Tak, S., Grattan, K., Boden, L., Ozonoff, A., & Davis, L. (2014). Impact of differential injury reporting on the estimation of the total number of work‐related amputations. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 57(10), 1144-1148.

2013

Mendeloff, J., & Burns, R. (2013). States with low non‐fatal injury rates have high fatality rates and vice‐versa. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 56(5), 509-519.

Morantz, A. D. (2013). Coal Mine Safety: Do Unions Make a Difference? Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 66(1), 88-116.

Rauscher, K. J., & Runyan, C. W. (2013). Prevalence of working conditions associated with adolescent occupational injury in the US: A review of the literature. Health and Safety of Young Workers: Proceedings of a U.S. and Canadian Series of Symposia, 126.

2012

Haviland, A. M., Burns, R. M., Gray, W. B., Ruder, T., & Mendeloff, J. (2012). A new estimate of the impact of OSHA inspections on manufacturing injury rates, 1998–2005. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 55(11), 964-975.

2011

Kochi, I., & Taylor, L. O. (2011). Risk heterogeneity and the value of reducing fatal risks: further marketbased evidence. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2(03), 1-28.

Morantz, A. (2011). Does unionization strengthen regulatory enforcement-An empirical study of the mine safety and health administration. NYUJ Legis. & Pub. Pol'y, 14, 697.

Rauscher, K. J., Myers, D. J., Runyan, C. W., & Schulman, M. (2011). Young worker safety in construction: Do family ties and workgroup size affect hazard exposures and safety practices? Work (Reading, Mass.), 42(4), 549-558.

2010

Boden, L. I., Nestoriak, N., & Pierce, B. (2010). Using capture-recapture analysis to identify factors associated with differential reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses. 2010 JSM Proceedings, Statistical Computing Section.

Marvasti, A. (2010). Occupational safety and English language proficiency. Journal of Labor Research, 31(4), 332-347.

Nestoriak, N., & Ruser, J. (2010). Emerging labor market trends and workplace safety and health. In Labor in the New Economy (pp. 425-453). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

2009

Morantz, A. D. (2009). Has devolution injured American workers? State and federal enforcement of construction safety. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 25(1), 183-210.

2008

Boden, L. I., & Ozonoff, A. L. (2008). Capture–recapture estimates of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses. Annals of epidemiology, 18(6), 500-506.

Morantz, A. D. (2008). Mining mining data: Bringing empirical analysis to bear on the regulation of safety and health in US mining. W. Va. L. Rev., 111, 45.

Rauscher, K. J., & Myers, D. J. (2008). Socioeconomic disparities in the prevalence of work-related injuries among adolescents in the United States. Journal of Adolescent Health, 42(1), 50-57.

2007

Waehrer, G. M., Dong, X. S., Miller, T., Haile, E., & Men, Y. (2007). Costs of occupational injuries in construction in the United States. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 39(6), 1258-1266.

Waehrer, G. M., Dong, X. S., Miller, T., Men, Y., & Haile, E. (2007). Occupational injury costs and alternative employment in construction trades. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 49(11), 1218-1227.

2006

Leeth, J. D., & Ruser, J. (2006). Safety segregation: The importance of gender, race, and ethnicity on workplace risk. The Journal of Economic Inequality, 4(2), 123-152.

Leigh, J. P., Waehrer, G., Miller, T. R., & McCurdy, S. A. (2006). Costs differences across demographic groups and types of occupational injuries and illnesses. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 49(10), 845-853.

Rosenman, K. D., Kalush, A., Reilly, M. J., Gardiner, J. C., Reeves, M., & Luo, Z. (2006). How much work-related injury and illness is missed by the current national surveillance system? Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 48(4), 357-365.

2005

Gray, W. B., & Mendeloff, J. M. (2005). The declining effects of OSHA inspections on manufacturing injuries, 1979–1998. Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 58(4), 571-587.

Waehrer, G., Leigh, J. P., & Miller, T. R. (2005). Costs of occupational injury and illness within the health services sector. International Journal of Health Services, 35(2), 343-359.

2004

Brenner, M. D., Fairris, D., & Ruser, J. (2004). “Flexible” work practices and occupational safety and health: exploring the relationship between cumulative trauma disorders and workplace transformation. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 43(1), 242-266.

Leigh, J. P., Waehrer, G., Miller, T. R., & Keenan, C. (2004). Costs of occupational injury and illness across industries. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 30(3), 199-205.

Waehrer, G., Leigh, J. P., Cassady, D., & Miller, T. R. (2004). Costs of occupational injury and illness across states. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 46(10), 1084-1095.

2003

Boden, L. I., & Ruser, J. W. (2003). Workers' compensation “reforms,” choice of medical care provider, and reported workplace injuries. Review of Economics and Statistics, 85(4), 923-929.

Leeth, J. D., & Ruser, J. (2003). Compensating wage differentials for fatal and nonfatal injury risk by gender and race. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 27(3), 257-277.

Richardson, S., Ruser, J., & Suarez, P. (2003). Hispanic workers in the United States: An analysis of employment distributions, fatal occupational injuries, and non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses (pp. 43-82). In Safety is Seguridad. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

Waehrer, G. M., & Miller, T. R. (2003). Restricted work, workers’ compensation, and days away from work. Journal of Human Resources, 38(4), 964-991.

2001

Boden, L. I., Biddle, E. A., & Spieler, E. A. (2001). Social and economic impacts of workplace illness and injury: Current and future directions for research. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 40(4), 398- 402.

Morantz, A. (2001). Teens in the workforce. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Regional Review.

1999

Boden, L. I., & Galizzi, M. (1999). Ecnomic consequences of workplace injuries and illnesses: Lost earnings and benefit adequacy. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 36(5), 487-503.

1998

Miller, T. R., & Waehrer, G. M. (1998). Costs of occupational injuries to teenagers, United States. Injury Prevention, 4(3), 211-217.

Ruser, J. W. (1998). Denominator choice in the calculation of workplace fatality rates. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 33(2), 151-156.

Ruser, J. W. (1998). Does workers' compensation encourage hard to diagnose injuries?. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 65(1), 101-124.

1995

Ruser, J. W. (1995). A relative risk analysis of workplace fatalities. Occupations, 4(5.4), 5. Ruser, J. W. (1995). Self-correction versus persistence of establishment injury rates. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 62(1), 67-93.

1993

Ruser, J. W. (1993). Workers' compensation and the distribution of occupational injuries. Journal of Human Resources, 28(3), 593-617.

1991

Ruser, J.W. (1991). Workers’ compensation and occupational injuries and illnesses. Journal of Labor Economics, 19(4), 325-350.