A Bibliography of Community Analyses for Libraries

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Discussion

This is an edited transcript of remarks made by John C. Burton in response to Thomas S. Currier\u27s paper Mandating Disclosure in Municipal Securities Issues: Proposed New York Legislation. The remarks focus on the importance of the federal government in mandating disclosure

The Deer Flies of Indiana (Diptera: Tabanidae: \u3ci\u3eChrysops\u3c/i\u3e)

(excerpt) The great majority of specimens, over 12,000 out of 13,185, which form the basis of this study, were collected by the writer during the flight season of the summer of 1963. These are on deposit in the Museum of the Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Other specimens in the collections of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indianapolis, Indiana, of Purdue, and of Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana are incorporated herein. Most specimens in the latter museum were collected, some by the writer, during an earlier general insect survey of the Whitewater River watershed

The Growth in Applications for Social Security Disability Insurance: A Spillover Effect from Workers’ Compensation

We investigate the determinants of application for Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits in approxi­mately 45 jurisdictions between 1981 and 1999. We reproduce findings of previous studies of the determinants of DI application then test the additional influence of changes to workers’ compensation program benefits and rules on DI application rates. Our findings indicate that the programs are interrelated: When workers’ compensation benefits declined and eligibility rules tightened in the 1990s, the DI application rate increased

Workers' Compensation Under Alternative Insurance Arrangements

The authors use a unique panel data set of state-level data for 48 jurisdictions between 1975 and 1995 to explore the effects of insurance arrangements on workplace safety, the structure of the workers' compensation insurance market, and the employers' costs of workers' compensation insurance. In addition, we examine the trade-off between the benefit adequacy and affordability objectives of state workers' compensation programs and estimate the impact that the imposition of federal standards for benefit adequacy would have on workers' compensation costs