Labor Contracts and Risk Sharing

This paper analyzes the rationale and limits of using labor contracts as a risk-sharing mechanism by (1) discussing types of contracts and their characteristics; (2) deriving the optimal labor contract for risk-neutral firms and risk-averse workers; (3) contrasting the predictions of contract labor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gutierrez, Federico H.
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16325