International Journal of Manpower

Nov 8, 2018

Articles in journals

Garcia, M.T., Cortegano, Joana

39(2)

240-253

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of workers’ compensation insurance prices in Portugal.Design/methodology/approach Multiple regression analysis was used to study the insurance price determinants. The independent variables considered are: payroll, number of employees, and incidence rate. In addition, three categorical variables were used: region, classification of economic activities, and enterprise size. A cross-firm panel data sample from the SABI database of 1,435 firms was considered, over a time horizon from 2010 to 2012. Furthermore, the sample split criterion was the enterprise size.

Insurance, Data analysis, Determinants, Employees, Compensation, Employers