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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCIDENCE OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS: EVIDENCE FROM THE SELECTED OECD COUNTRIES

Serap Palaz ; Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Turkey
Olcay Çolak ; Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University Department of Economics, Turkey

Sažetak

Occupational accidents cause significant social and economic problems by the fatal and non-fatal injuries, and are parts of the individual and social costs of production. In this context, we explore the relationship between fatal occupational accidents and economic development for a selected 21 The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries over the period of 1995-2013 by performing panel cointegration techniques. The results indicate that cointegration relationship exists among the variables in consideration and by employing pooled mean group estimator method and the results reveal that as an indication of economic development GDP per capita is positively related with fatal occupational accidents in the short-run, however, in the long-run the relationship turns into be negative

Ključne riječi

Economic Development; Fatal Occupational Accidents; Panel Cointegration Tests

Hrčak ID:

187439

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/187439

Datum izdavanja:

9.10.2017.

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