Year
2008
Series
Upjohn Institute Technical Report No. 08-025
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the incidence of Total Permanent Disability (TPD) pensions in Washington State's workers' compensation program. Concerns exist at both the legislature and in the Department of Labor and Industries as there appears to have been a sharp upturn in the number of pensions awarded since late in the 1990s. This report examines the factors that may be causally related to any upsurge in such awards. Our task is to evaluate pension incidence for both the state fund and the self-insured populations, with a view towards identifying causes of the trend in both sectors, although we concentrate more on the state fund claims due to data limitations.
Citation
Barth, Peter S., Heather Grob, Henry George Harder, H. Allan Hunt, and Michael Silverstein. 2008. "Washington Pension System Review." Upjohn Institute Technical Report No. 08-025. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Issue Date
November 12, 2008
Sponsorship
Submitted to State of Washington, Department of Labor & Industries; L&I Contract No. K1018
Subject Areas
UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and POVERTY, Workers compensation and disability, Benefits and financing, Disability, Return to work
Download