Title A prelude to the welfare state : the origins of workers' compensation / Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor

Published Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 316 pages) Series NBER series on long-term factors in economic development NBER series on long-term factors in economic development. Contents Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Framing the Issues; Compensation for Accidents before Workers' Compensation; The Economic Impact of the Switch to Workers' Compensation; The Timing of Workers' Compensation's Enactment in the United States; The Political Process of Adopting Workers' Compensation; The Fractitious Disputes over State Insurance; The Battles over Benefit Levels, 1910--1930; Epilogue: Lessons from the Origins of Workers' Compensation; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Appendix G; Appendix H; Appendix I; Appendix J; Appendix K ReferencesIndex Summary Workers' compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States and the most successful form of labor legislation to emerge from the early Progressive Movement. Adopted in most states between 1910 and 1920, workers' compensation laws have been paving seen as the way for social security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, and eventually the broad network of social welfare programs we have today. In this highly original and persuasive work, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor challenge widespread historical perceptions, arguing that, rather than being Notes Reprint. Originally published: 2000 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-302) and index Notes Print version record Subject Workers' compensation -- United States Workers' compensation -- Law and legislation -- United States Workers' compensation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- States Employers' liability insurance -- United States Employers' liability insurance Workers' compensation Workers' compensation -- Law and legislation Workers' compensation -- Law and legislation -- U.S. states United States Form Electronic book Author Kantor, Shawn Everett ISBN 0226251640 9780226251646

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