The impact of the economic cycle on fatal injuries. The case of UK 1971–2007

Autor:	Anna-Maria Mouza, Antonis Targoutzidis
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Statistics and Probability Working hours media_common.quotation_subject Unemployment Econometrics Business cycle Per capita Economics General Social Sciences Unemployment rate Demographic economics Regression analysis media_common
Zdroj:	Quality & Quantity. 46:1917-1929
ISSN:	1573-7845 0033-5177
DOI:	10.1007/s11135-012-9700-9
Popis:	The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of the economic cycle on workplace accidents. In particular, the effect of the usual factors of the economic cycle (GDP per capita, Unemployment) is examined along with the effect of working hours (to account for flexible employment) on fatal injuries (to exclude the effect of under-reporting data) for the period 1971–2007 in UK. Detailed multiple regression analysis is applied, which indicates a controversial and inelastic relation of GDP per capita (negative) and unemployment rate (positive), but also an elastic relation of working hours (positive) to fatal injuries. Further research in data of various countries is proposed before arriving to certain conclusions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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