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Estimating Under-Claiming of Compensable Workplace Injuries in Alberta, Canada

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  • Bob Barnetson
  • Jason Foster
  • Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull

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This study confirms and refines prior estimates of under-claiming of workers' compensation benefits and suggests that under-claiming negatively affects the utility of workers' compensation data in injury prevention efforts. A 2017 online poll (N = 2,000) queried the injury and workers' compensation experiences of Alberta workers. Approximately 21.5 percent of respondents reported at least one work-related injury in the previous 12 months, of which 41.8 percent were disabling injuries. Only 31 percent of workers with disabling injuries filed a workers' compensation claim. Under-claiming was more common among women, non-unionized workers, and workers facing relatively fewer hazards.

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  • Bob Barnetson & Jason Foster & Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull, 2018. "Estimating Under-Claiming of Compensable Workplace Injuries in Alberta, Canada," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 44(4), pages 400-410, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:44:y:2018:i:4:p:400-410
    DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2018-014
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    1. Jason Foster & Bob Barnetson & Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull, 2018. "Fear Factory: Retaliation and Rights Claiming in Alberta, Canada," SAGE Open, , vol. 8(2), pages 21582440187, June.

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