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Organizational Alternatives for Companies' Management of Occupational Risks: The Examples of Spain and Argentina
Author(s) -
Serrano Eugenia Suárez,
Fernández Enrique Loredo
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international social security review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1468-246X
pISSN - 0020-871X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-246x.00084
Subject(s) - incentive , context (archaeology) , competition (biology) , business , public economics , actuarial science , economics , market economy , ecology , biology , paleontology
This study discusses the various options available to companies for the management of occupational risks. In this context, occupational accident insurance schemes in Spain and Argentina are analysed, with reference to the theory of organizational economics. Spain has 75 years' experience of such schemes, while in Argentina they have only recently been introduced. Although the two models have similar goals, their differences, in terms of competition, regulation and ownership, lead to different incentives for those concerned: workers, companies, insurers and regulatory bodies.