Determinants of returning to the original workplace of the injured person

This essay attempted to identify the characteristics that affect the return to work of the injured and disabled and to obtain policy implications. The empirical analysis used panel survey data on industrial accident insurance (the 1st to 4th surveys of the 2nd wave) and panel logit analysis and survival analysis were used for estimation. As a result of the estimation of the decision to return to work for the injured and disabled, it was found that the younger the age, the marital status, the shorter the period of care, the milder the disability, the higher the self-efficacy, self-esteem, and daily life satisfaction, the higher the regular worker, the longer the service period, and the more likely it is to return to the original workplace. In addition, the Cox proportional risk model was used to identify risk factors for the time required for the injured and disabled to return to their original workplace. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the shorter the age, the higher the education level, the shorter the period of care for the previous workplace, and the shorter the regular worker, the shorter the time required to return to the original workplace. The estimation results suggest that more policy efforts are needed for vulnerable groups such as temporary⋅daily workers, the elderly, or the disabled with low education in order to effectively increase the rate of return to the original workplace of the injured and disabled. In addition, it was confirmed that management measures to prevent the rehabilitation period from being prolonged can be effective.