Work-injury. Coverage as percent of labor force.
| Quick info | |
|---|---|
| Data type | Percentage |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | labor_workinjury_coverage |
| Category | Labour and labour market |
| Label | Percentage of the labor force covered by a work-injury policy |
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This variable is constructed primarily using ILO data with some inference based on legal texts and inference from percent of the labor force, and specific occupations that are covered. It should be understood as ideally de facto coverage, but it is mostly based on a combination of laws and indicator statistics. When there is no data, the laws are the primary source. It is a bit of a de jure de facto measurement. Details can be found in Breznau (2024). It considers that many laws say on paper that all workers are covered, but then other laws or practices define the term “worker” in a way that would exclude certain working persons or give power to local authorities to exclude anyone they see fit. It also accounts for export processing zone laws that reduce coverage by generating zones legally exempt from work-injury laws. It also accounts for private coverage by exempting these people from being counted. If 20 percent of the labor force has private coverage, then this law would refer to the remaining 80% that could potentially be covered by a law that imposes mandatory coverage.
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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.”
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Project manager(s): Nate Breznau
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