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March 1981

Workers’ compensation insurance: recent trends in employer costs

Martin W. Elson, John F. Burton, Jr.

Costs of insuring against work-related injuries and diseas have escalated rapidly since 1972; growing variation in premiums among States over the same period may indicate unequal rates of improvement in workers' compensation laws

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