Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry; Policy Development, Research and Statistics -- research links

Policy Development, Research and Statistics -- research links

Research links

The Institute for Work and Health, originally known as the Ontario Workers’ Compensation Institute, is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to research and promote new ways to prevent workplace disability, improved treatment, and optimal recovery and safe return-to-work.

John Burton's Workers' Compensation Resources offers access to data, research and other information pertaining to workers' compensation in the United States and other countries, including information about the Workers' Compensation Policy Review publication.

Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development's Labor Market Information is a detailed Web site about Minnesota's labor market, including employment data, plus wage, benefit and cost-of-living information.

Minnesota Department of Health, Center for Occupational Health & Safety has programs and projects that focus on reducing preventable workplace injuries and illnesses among Minnesota’s working population.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Compensation and Working Conditions is a quarterly periodical including articles, summaries of major studies, and data tables and charts contributed by BLS economists and statisticians, and outside scholars.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Health and Safety Statistics site provides a wealth of data from its Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and its Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, including industry incidence rates, injury characteristics and worker demographics.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' The Editors' Desk is a daily Web publication highlighting BLS research. The editors say if you give their publication a few minutes a day, "within a week you'll sound pretty clever about economics, within a month you will be extremely well-informed about the economy and within a year you will be broadly educated in economic statistics and labor economics."

The Workers Compensation Research Institute is an independent, not-for-profit research organization providing high-quality, objective information about public policy issues involving workers' compensation systems.