CHAPTER 23

SOCIAL INSURANCE

REFERENCES.

_Adams_ and _Sumner_, ch. XII, secs. 6-8.

_Baldwin, F. S._, Old age pension schemes: a criticism and a program. Q. J. E., 24: 713-742. 1909-1910.

_Commons_, ch. XXV.

*_Commons_ and _Andrews_, ch. VIII.

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_Frankel, L. K._, and _Dawson, M. M._, Workingmen's insurance in Europe. 1910.

_Henderson, C. R._, Industrial insurance in the United States. 1909.

_Lewis, F. W._, State insurance. 1909.

_National Civic Federation, Social Insurance Department_, Report of the committee on preliminary foreign inquiry. 1915.

_Rubinow, I. M._, Standards of sickness insurance. J. P. E., 23: 221-251, 327-364, 437-464. 1915.

_United States Bureau of Labor_, Annual reports, 1908, 1909.

_Warren, B. S._, and _Sydenstricker, Edgar_, Health insurance. 1916.

QUESTIONS.

1. Are industrial accidents more frequent in low paid or in high paid occupations?

2. Suggest advantages and disadvantages of a general system of compulsory industrial insurance for old age, sickness and accidents. What are the essential differences between these three forms of insurance?

3. Show to what extent a system of workingmen's insurance has been developed in one of the following countries: Germany, France, Italy, England. In the development of a general system of workingmen's insurance in the U. S., which one of the above forms will probably first come in? For what reasons has a system of this kind not been developed in the U. S.? Henderson, C. R., Industrial insurance.