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This paper estimates both single and multiple spell hazard models using a sample of workers' compensation claims (with soft tissue musculoskeletal injuries) from Ontario, Canada. Most of the results in this paper are consistent with the estimates in the existing literature. However, the duration elasticities for workers' compensation benefits and pre-injury earnings from the multiple spell hazard models are much larger than the estimates from the single spell models. This suggests that the estimates in existing literature that use single spell hazard models may underestimate the effect of benefits and pre-injury earnings on the duration of soft tissue musculoskeletal claims.
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Campolieti, M. Recurrence in Workers' Compensation Claims: Estimates from a Multiple Spell Hazard Model. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 23, 75–94 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011116732430
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