August 2017:152(2)

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August 2001

In this paper, we present new estimates of the effect of changes in workers’ compensation benefits on benefit duration and application frequency. Using administrative data for the state of California, we estimate the duration and frequency effects resulting from two increases in temporary disability benefits occurring during the mid 1990s. We employ a quasi-experimental research design that exp...

August 2001

Spinal Cord Injury .........................................1-3 Implementation Of The Year 2000 AgeAdjustment Standard ....................................4-6 Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is one of the most debilitating types of trauma. Disability, loss of productivity, extreme use of medical resources, and untold human suffering routinely accompany these injuries. In order to assess the need for s...

August Krogh *

Schack August Steenberg Krogh was born in Grenaa, Jutland. His ancestors had emigrated from Holstein and Schleswig, where his father's family had settled as small farmers three hundred years earlier. Krogh's father was a brewer, though he had been trained as a shipbuilder. Ships and the sea were some of Krogh's unceasing interests. Krogh, who was the oldest of six brothers and sisters, had alre...