Work-injury. Introduction year of first law as independent nation-state.
| Quick info | |
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| Data type | Date |
| Scale | Date |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | labor_workinjury_firstnat |
| Category | Labour and labour market |
| Label | Work-injury introduction of first law as independent nation-state |
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The year of the first law when the country exists as an independent political entity. Many first laws were implemented under colonial or foreign rule. If the law was simply carried over from a previous law before independence then the year is identical to the year of independence. Carried over requires intentional continuation of implementation. In cases where the first national law is passed within 2 years prior to independence, we code the year of the passing of the law rather than the year of independence and code labor_workinjury_firstnat_carriedover = “no”, as in Grenada, Bulgaria, Iceland, Benin, Cameroon and Samoa.
Coding rules
Effective year, not necessarily year in practice. We attempted to read the law in its original form, often found in ILO or US Dept of Labor documents. Sometimes not possible without available translations or difficulty in understanding the meaning of the legal language. Relied on secondary sources otherwise, ideally the ILO or journal articles. Laws covering civil servants, military, and seamen excluded from "first law" coding. In cases of colonialism, colonial laws count as first laws. Note that there are many peculiarities in some countries, and we plan a Technical Paper for the paper series to explain these.
Bibliographic info
Citation: Breznau, Nate and Felix Lanver. "The Global Introduction of Work-Injury Law Data". Working Database Project within the SFB 1342, Project A02.
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Project manager(s): Nate Breznau
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