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**New MUCHE Publication** New research by Dr Anam Bilgrami and co-authors on the impact of harmonised workplace health and safety laws on workers' compensation receipt. Now available online in 'Industrial Relations: a journal of economy and society' (ABDC: A*)

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Senior Research Fellow (Economics & Health Policy)

I am happy to share that my paper entitled 'Higher penalties, broader definitions, and national standards: Did harmonized Australian workplace health and safety laws reduce workers' compensation receipt?' with co-authors Professor Henry Cutler and A/Prof. Kompal Sinha has been published in Industrial Relations: A journal of economy and society (A* on the ABDC). We exploit an Australian policy experiment in 2012/13 where all Australian jurisdictions except Victoria and Western Australia harmonised their workplace health and safety laws. Using stacked DID estimation, we fail to find overall reduced workers' compensation probability due to the policy but do find significant reductions for high-risk industry workers and workers in single-location employers. We conclude that more consistent laws may not reduce overall claims and injury if they do not reduce complexity or consider available inspectorate resources, and if jurisdictions have implementation flexibility. #workplacehealthandsafety #workerscompensation Australian Institute of Health Innovation AIHI Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy

Higher penalties, broader definitions, and national standards: Did harmonized Australian workplace health and safety laws reduce workers' compensation receipt?

Higher penalties, broader definitions, and national standards: Did harmonized Australian workplace health and safety laws reduce workers' compensation receipt?

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