Benefits and Earnings Losses for Permanently Disabled Workers in California: Trends Through the Great Recession and Effects of Recent Reforms

Following California’s 2012 bill to enact major reforms to the state workers’ compensation system, RAND researchers assess trends in earnings loss and permanent partial disability benefits between 2005 and 2012, including analysis of the Great Recession’s impact on outcomes for injured workers, and examine how the reforms might affect injury compensation going forward.