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Assessing the Impact of Worker Compensation Premiums on Employment in Tasmania

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The aim of this study is to obtain estimates of the impact of worker compensation premiums on employment in Tasmania. To do so it proposes a basic reduced form employment equation as a function of wages, output, time and lagged employment using lags and Australian output figures as instruments. Using quarterly time series an estimate of the wage elasticity of employment for Tasmania over 1984.3 to 2008.1 is obtained that is comparable to other Australian employment studies. It also estimates an annual panel model across 3-digit industries together with worker compensation premium data to obtain a direct estimate of the impact of worker compensation premium on employment across Tasmania and also at a 1-digit industry level from 1992 to 2008.

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  • Blacklow, Paul, 2009. "Assessing the Impact of Worker Compensation Premiums on Employment in Tasmania," Working Papers 10449, University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, revised 29 Nov 2010.
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    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
    • J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy

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