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Michelle Poland

Working paper

Why are there more accidents on Mondays? Economic incentives, ergonomics or externalities


Research suggests that more workplace injuries occur on Mondays than on other weekdays. One hypothesis is that workers fraudulently claim that off-the-job weekend sprains occurred at work on the Monday in order to receive workers’ compensation. The authors test this using data from New Zealand, where compensation is virtually identical whether or not an injury...

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