Mandatory Severance Pay : Its Coverage and Effects in Peru

Mandatory Severance Pay : Its Coverage and Effects in Peru

In Peru, as in many other developing countries, employers have the legal obligation to compensate workers who are dismissed through no fault of their own. Is this an efficient mechanism for providing income support to the unemployed? The authors se...

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Main Authors: MacIsaac, Donna, Rama, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
COMPENSATION PACKAGES
CROSS-COUNTRY DATA
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLE
ENTITLEMENT
EXPENDITURES
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FAMILIES
FAMILY WORKERS
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSING
INCOME
INCOME SECURITY
INCOME SOURCES
INCOME SUPPORT
JOB CREATION
JOB SECURITY
JOB SEPARATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET POLICIES
MARKET DISTORTIONS
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS
MEDIAN VOTER
MIDDLE CLASS
NEGATIVE IMPACT
OBSERVED CHANGES
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY RESEARCH
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC SECTOR
RANDOM EFFECTS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RETIREMENT
RETIREMENT AGE
SAVINGS
SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
SEVERANCE
SEVERANCE PAY
SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
WAGE COSTS
WAGE EARNERS
WAGES
WELFARE FUNCTION
WORKERS
WORKPLACE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1490131/mandatory-severance-pay-coverage-effects-peru
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19598

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1490131/mandatory-severance-pay-coverage-effects-peru
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19598

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