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Recent Publications By John Burton

 

 

Workers’ Compensation

Recent Developments and The  Relationship with Social Security 

Disability Insurance

by John F. Burton Jr.

Testimony Presented on November 17, 2010 to: 

The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections 

The Committee on Education and Labor

U.S. House of Representatives

click here for PDF of Written Statement

click here to view John Burton's Testimony video of testimony

click here to go to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections website which contains

                text as well as an archived webcast video of all testimony given

 

 

Workers’ Compensation:

A Brief History of Economists' Research on the Effect of Workers' 

Compensation on Safety and Health

and

National Averages of Employee Benefits and Employer Costs for 

Workers' Compensation

by John F. Burton Jr.

Two Chapters in: Use of Workers' Compensation Data for Occupational Injury & 

Illness Prevention, Proceedings from September 2009 Workshop,

Edited by David F. Utterback and Theresa M. Schnorr

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

and Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2010, 

pp. 15-18 and pp. 109-114 respectively

click here for the full publication

 

 

Workers’ Compensation:

Recent Developments in Moral Hazard and Benefit Payments

Xuguang (Steve) Guo and John F. Burton Jr.

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Vol. 63 no. 2 (January 2010) pp. 340-55

click here for Abstract and further explanation.

 

 

Workers’ Compensation

by John F. Burton Jr.

Labor and Employment Law and Economics

Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, Seth D. Harris, and Orly Lobel  Editors

click here for Outline

click here for Order Form

 

 

Workers’ Compensation: Benefits, Coverage, and Costs

by Ishita Sengupta, Virginia Reno, and John F. Burton Jr.

with the advice of the

Study on Natational Data on Workers' Compensation

National Academy of Social Insurance Publication

click here or go to the NASI website at www.nasi.org/research/2009/

 

 

National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws:

    On January 22, 2009, Representative Joe Baca, a democrat from California, introduced legislation (HR635) to establish a National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws. To download the bill click here.

    John Burton's March 19, 2009 comments on the proposed National Commission are available as a LexisNexis Workers' Compensation Law Center podcast, to listen click here.

    On June 16, 2009 John Burton spoke at a meeting of the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds, where he discussed the proposed National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws. To download the presentation click here.