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              unemployment, and factory production are explicitly
              modeled.

         (ii) Relationships - The insurance correlations with
              these economic attributes are formulated. Some of
              these relationships are obvious, whereas some of
              them are indirect.

              For e.g, prosperous economic times lead to increased
              business activity. Less experienced workers are
              hired, overtime hours increase and workers'
              compensation claim frequency rise. People purchase
              more vehicles or goes out more for vacations thereby
              increasing the business. Recessions usually have the
              opposite effects.

The ill/injured workers generally are reluctant to
give up their disability benefits for fear of being
eliminated by workforce reduction. Though there
is a decline in workers' compensation claim
frequency, there is a lengthening of the time spent
on disability by already ill/injured workers.

(iii) Sensitivity - The magnitude of the insurance

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