Using Weighted Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure Occupational Safety and Healthy Economic Performance of Taiwan’s Industrial Sectors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. General Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
2.2. Incorporating the Socioeconomic Costs of Occupational Accidents into a Weighted DEA Model
3. Assessing the Safety and Healthy Economic Performance Scores of Taiwan’s 17 Major Industrial Sectors
Data Sources and Variables
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Industrial Sectors | Inputs | Economic Output | Undesirable Outputs | ||||
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Occupational Disease Prevention Benefits (NT$) | Total Working Hours (h/Month) | Industrial Production Value (NT$ Millions) | Amount of Wound or Illness Benefits (NT$) | Amount of Disability Benefits (NT$) | Amount of Fatality Benefits (NT$) | Total Socioeconomic Costs of Occupational Accidents (NT$ 1000) | |
Mining and Quarrying | 112,265 | 170.4 | 24,272 | 1,362,313 | 1,510,012 | 17,387,007 | 20,259,332 |
Manufacturing | 215,388,251 | 175.8 | 18,313,507 | 924,362,144 | 1,558,214,203 | 6,918,451,544 | 9,401,027,891 |
Electricity and Gas Supply | 1,400,023 | 176.5 | 702,902 | 5,219,281 | 18,503,800 | 99,806,470 | 123,529,551 |
Water Supply and Remediation Activities | 1,602,151 | 167.8 | 247,876 | 23,435,998 | 38,870,495 | 144,704,864 | 207,011,357 |
Construction | 4,281,146 | 163.8 | 1,373,575 | 536,755,395 | 576,576,308 | 2,032,113,996 | 3,145,445,699 |
Wholesale and Retail Trade | 16,486,352 | 164.7 | 4,078,721 | 450,410,535 | 720,984,153 | 3,258,646,226 | 4,430,040,914 |
Transportation and Storage | 1,979,576 | 172.1 | 1,269,344 | 239,088,140 | 345,520,485 | 1,334,737,686 | 1,919,346,311 |
Accommodation and Food Services | 208,189 | 160.4 | 855,672 | 181,083,066 | 212,667,626 | 784,489,704 | 1,178,240,396 |
Information and Communication | 209,122 | 162.7 | 931,214 | 37,468,506 | 87,154,012 | 607,805,505 | 732,428,023 |
Finance and Insurance | 79,170 | 164.6 | 1,687,366 | 65,561,522 | 163,953,823 | 935,547,240 | 1,165,062,585 |
Real Estate Activities | 63,225 | 169.1 | 1,787,797 | 32,587,311 | 67,805,810 | 310,184,421 | 410,577,542 |
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 3,216,811 | 165.2 | 615,848 | 66,353,615 | 136,123,355 | 714,111,525 | 916,588,495 |
Support Service Activities | 1,508,034 | 179.2 | 391,661 | 141,239,485 | 210,856,287 | 846,211,366 | 1,198,307,138 |
Education Services | 82,921 | 132 | 847,437 | 30,383,770 | 93,502,649 | 357,100,981 | 480,987,400 |
Human Health and Social Work Services | 20,951,497 | 166.8 | 866,299 | 95,450,851 | 172,227,925 | 742,031,046 | 1,009,709,822 |
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation | 55,480 | 164.4 | 240,351 | 27,483,651 | 57,339,037 | 232,002,772 | 316,825,460 |
Other Services | 867,485 | 180 | 669,773 | 195,181,309 | 393,878,417 | 1,412,473,553 | 2,001,533,279 |
Average | 15,793,629.2941 | 166.7941 | 2,053,153.8235 | 179,613,346.5882 | 285,628,729.2353 | 1,220,459,170.9412 | 1,685,701,246.7647 |
Standard Deviation | 51,782,401.5125 | 10.7407 | 4,290,705.5771 | 245,906,279.8081 | 383,953,994.4815 | 1,677,302,404.7800 | 2,296,980,624.2784 |
Industrial Sectors | Weights | ||
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Proportion of Wounds or Illness in Socioeconomic Costs | Proportion of Disabilities in Socioeconomic Costs | Proportion of Fatalities in Socioeconomic Costs | |
Mining and Quarrying | 6.7244% | 7.4534% | 85.8222% |
Manufacturing | 9.8326% | 16.5749% | 73.5925% |
Electricity and Gas Supply | 4.2251% | 14.9792% | 80.7956% |
Water Supply and Remediation Activities | 11.3211% | 18.7770% | 69.9019% |
Construction | 17.0645% | 18.3305% | 64.6050% |
Wholesale and Retail Trade | 10.1672% | 16.2749% | 73.5579% |
Transportation and Storage | 12.4567% | 18.0020% | 69.5413% |
Accommodation and Food Services | 15.3689% | 18.0496% | 66.5815% |
Information and Communication | 5.1157% | 11.8993% | 82.9850% |
Finance and Insurance | 5.6273% | 14.0725% | 80.3002% |
Real Estate Activities | 7.9369% | 16.5147% | 75.5483% |
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 7.2392% | 14.8511% | 77.9097% |
Support Service Activities | 11.7866% | 17.5962% | 70.6172% |
Education Services | 6.3170% | 19.4397% | 74.2433% |
Human Health and Social Work Services | 9.4533% | 17.0572% | 73.4895% |
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation | 8.6747% | 18.0980% | 73.2273% |
Other Services | 9.7516% | 19.6788% | 70.5696% |
Average | 9.3566% | 16.3323% | 74.3111% |
Standard Deviation | 0.0351 | 0.0306 | 0.0574 |
Industrial Sectors | General SBM Model | Weighted SBM Model | ||
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Safety and Healthy Economic Performance Scores | Rank | Safety and Healthy Economic Performance Scores | Rank | |
Mining and Quarrying | 0.0073 | 17 | 0.0089 | 17 |
Manufacturing | 1.0000 | 1 | 1.0000 | 1 |
Electricity and Gas Supply | 1.0000 | 1 | 1.0000 | 1 |
Water Supply and Remediation Activities | 0.0463 | 16 | 0.0615 | 16 |
Construction | 0.2385 | 7 | 0.3284 | 7 |
Wholesale and Retail Trade | 1.0000 | 1 | 1.0000 | 1 |
Transportation and Storage | 0.2183 | 9 | 0.2971 | 8 |
Accommodation and Food Services | 0.1978 | 10 | 0.2689 | 10 |
Information and Communication | 0.2379 | 8 | 0.2969 | 9 |
Finance and Insurance | 0.5914 | 5 | 0.7385 | 5 |
Real Estate Activities | 1.0000 | 1 | 1.0000 | 1 |
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 0.1104 | 13 | 0.1483 | 13 |
Support Service Activities | 0.0635 | 15 | 0.0877 | 15 |
Education Services | 0.3377 | 6 | 0.4216 | 6 |
Human Health and Social Work Services | 0.1530 | 11 | 0.1853 | 11 |
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation | 0.0897 | 14 | 0.1208 | 14 |
Other Services | 0.1117 | 12 | 0.1541 | 12 |
Average | 0.3767 | 0.4187 | ||
Standard Deviation | 0.3803 | 0.3713 |
Inefficient Industrial Sectors | Resource Inputs | Economic Output | Undesirable Outputs | |||
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Occupational Disease Prevention Benefits (NT$) | Total Working Hours (h/Month) | Industrial Production Value (NT$ Million) | Amount of Wound or Illness Benefits (NT$) | Amount of Disability Benefits (NT$) | Amount of Fatality Benefits (NT$) | |
Mining and Quarrying | 99.2354% | 98.6527% | 0.0000% | 67.5243% | 39.0359% | 75.7795% |
Water Supply and Remediation Activities | 99.4529% | 86.0277% | 0.0000% | 80.7211% | 75.8141% | 70.2797% |
Construction | 98.8653% | 20.6834% | 0.0000% | 95.3355% | 90.9647% | 88.2725% |
Transportation and Storage | 97.7323% | 30.2372% | 0.0000% | 90.3228% | 86.0667% | 83.5000% |
Accommodation and Food Services | 85.4648% | 49.5422% | 0.0000% | 91.3869% | 84.7400% | 81.0756% |
Information and Communication | 84.2522% | 45.8639% | 0.0000% | 54.6984% | 59.4761% | 73.4181% |
Finance and Insurance | 24.6264% | 3.0373% | 0.0000% | 53.0873% | 60.9666% | 68.7071% |
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 99.3230% | 64.7395% | 0.0000% | 83.0824% | 82.8411% | 85.0373% |
Support Service Activities | 99.0815% | 79.3273% | 0.0000% | 94.9454% | 92.9551% | 91.9697% |
Education Services | 63.8579% | 39.2762% | 0.0000% | 49.1611% | 65.6258% | 58.8265% |
Human Health and Social Work Services | 83.3314% | 78.9525% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 11.2740% | 6.9220% |
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation | 84.6792% | 86.1717% | 0.0000% | 84.0595% | 84.1019% | 82.0256% |
Other Services | 97.2695% | 64.8050% | 0.0000% | 93.7451% | 93.5507% | 91.7729% |
Average | 85.9363% | 57.4859% | 0.0000% | 72.1592% | 71.3394% | 73.6605% |
Standard Deviation | 21.2212% | 28.8207% | 0.0000% | 27.3589% | 24.1346% | 22.2534% |
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Yeh, L.-T. Using Weighted Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure Occupational Safety and Healthy Economic Performance of Taiwan’s Industrial Sectors. Mathematics 2020, 8, 1635. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8091635
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Chicago/Turabian StyleYeh, Li-Ting. 2020. "Using Weighted Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure Occupational Safety and Healthy Economic Performance of Taiwan’s Industrial Sectors" Mathematics 8, no. 9: 1635. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8091635
APA StyleYeh, L.-T. (2020). Using Weighted Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure Occupational Safety and Healthy Economic Performance of Taiwan’s Industrial Sectors. Mathematics, 8(9), 1635. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8091635