Work-injury. Replacement rate permanent.

Quick info
Data type	Percentage
Scale	Metric
Value labels	Not applicable
Technical name	labor_workinjury_replacement_rate_perm
Category	Labour and labour market
Label	Wage replacement rate for temporary work-injury incapacity
Related indicators	Work-injury. Replacement rate temporary.

This is the percentage of the previous month, year or average recent wage (depending on law wording) that a disabled worker would receive for 52-weeks of incapacity to work when presumed to be permanently unfit, not returning for work. This variable is coded based on written laws ideally, but in many cases is in practice a combination of several laws and implementation practices. When we cannot find primary sources, the SSPW documentation is our second preferred choice. When we do not find this answer in one of our first two choices, we then look to secondary literature or internet searches. The coding requires corrections for various features of laws. When there are differing rates we assume single workers but also assume one child. This is partly data driven. Laws are often unspecific about single workers, but often include reference to a dependent child. For high demographic transition countries we assume two children, as one is rare. If there is a range we usually take the average. For example, in The Netherlands the range is 70-100% of earnings, so we enter 85 (the midpoint). We attempt to calculate that a worker is at least 80% disabled. Meaning that they are unfit for working another regular job. Many laws pay 100% for at least a 75% disability, but we adjust this down if not. If there are additional benefits that depend on multiple criteria that cannot be calculated, we adjust the amount upward by 5% or an average of all criteria. If there is a change within the first 6 months we make a calculation. For example, in Germany it is 100% for the first 6 weeks then 90 percent for the next 18, which equals 92.5 for the first 6 months. Decentralized systems (by state or province), we try to take the average. Here many of the additional benefits could apply.

Coding rules

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Bibliographic info

Citation: Breznau, Nate, and Felix Lanver. 2020. Global Work-Injury Policy Database (GWIP): Project Overview and Codebook. (https://www.socialpolicydynamics.de/f/eb5f6f0e54.pdf) Technical Paper Series 4. Bremen, Germany: Collaborative Research Center SFB 1342 “The Global Dynamics of Social Policy.”

Related publications: related publications

Misc

Project manager(s): Nate Breznau

Data release:

• Version 1: Initial release

Revisions: No revisions yet

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