Business Cycle and Occupational Accidents in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Occupational accidents occur for a variety of reasons, such as unsafe behaviors of workers and insufficient safety equipment at the workplace, but there are also various economic and social factors that can impact working conditions and working environment. This study analyzed the relationship between changes in economic factors and the occurrence of occupational accidents in Korea.

Methods

Multilinear regression analysis was used as the analysis model. The general to specific method was also used, which consecutively removes statistically insignificant variables from a general model that includes dependent variables and lagged variables of dependent variables.

Results

The frequency of occupational accidents was found to have a statistically significant rel

SUBMITTER: Kim DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7502664 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature