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of key findings 3 1.The economic cycle, structural change and industrial injuries: a theoretical overview 5 A Industrial injuries and the Economic Cycle 5 B Industrial Injuries and Structural Influences 9 C Worker and Firm Characteristics 19 D Concluding comments 23 2. Multivariate analyses of industrial injuries: a review of the empirical evidence 25 A Empirical Methodologies 25 B Industrial injuries and the economic cycle 27 C Industrial injuries and structural characteristics 29 D Concluding comments 32 3. The construction of aggregate injury data 34 A Workplace injury data 34 B Construction of aggregate injury data files 35 C Exploratory analysis of aggregate injury data 37 4. Modelling geographical and temporal variations in industrial injuries using RIDDOR data 42 A Modelling time series variations in industrial injuries 42 B Modelling national variations in industrial injuries 44 C Specification of an injury rate model 46 5. The construction of the injury rate time series 48 A Development of an employment base 48 B Specification of workplace injuries 51 C Concluding comments 58 6. Statistical analysis of workplace injuries reported under RIDDOR 59 A Time series analysis of monthly injury rate data 59 B Pooled analysis of quarterly injury rate data 63 C Factors contributing to regional variations in injury rates 68
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