Long term Labor Market Performance of Whiplash Claimants

Rotger, Gabriel Pons and Søren Leth-Petersen
Conference material, July 2007
6th World Congress on Health Economics, July 8-11, 2007, Copenhagen

This paper evaluates the effect of whiplash injury on future earnings for two groups of whiplash injuried individuals. It is found that no compensated claimants return to full earnings while moderated compensated claimants lose earnings permanently.