Balancing Regulations to Promote Jobs : From Employment Contracts to Unemployment Benefits

This report reviews international experiences and presents options for the design of four types of labor regulations: employment contracts, minimum wages, dismissal procedures, as well as severance pay and unemployment benefits. In each case, it discusses the market failures that these regulation...

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Main Authors: Kuddo, Arvo, Robalino, David, Weber, Michael
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25518330/balancing-regulations-promote-jobs-employment-contracts-unemployment-benefits
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spelling okr-10986-233242021-04-23T14:04:14Z Balancing Regulations to Promote Jobs : From Employment Contracts to Unemployment Benefits Kuddo, Arvo Robalino, David Weber, Michael EMPLOYMENT JOBS MINIMUM WAGES TERMINATION PROCEDURES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS This report reviews international experiences and presents options for the design of four types of labor regulations: employment contracts, minimum wages, dismissal procedures, as well as severance pay and unemployment benefits. In each case, it discusses the market failures that these regulations aim to address and suggests options to better protect workers while preserving incentives to create good jobs. 2015-12-10T22:48:07Z 2015-12-10T22:48:07Z 2015 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25518330/balancing-regulations-promote-jobs-employment-contracts-unemployment-benefits http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23324 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic EMPLOYMENT
JOBS
MINIMUM WAGES
TERMINATION PROCEDURES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
spellingShingle EMPLOYMENT
JOBS
MINIMUM WAGES
TERMINATION PROCEDURES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Kuddo, Arvo
Robalino, David
Weber, Michael
Balancing Regulations to Promote Jobs : From Employment Contracts to Unemployment Benefits
description This report reviews international experiences and presents options for the design of four types of labor regulations: employment contracts, minimum wages, dismissal procedures, as well as severance pay and unemployment benefits. In each case, it discusses the market failures that these regulations aim to address and suggests options to better protect workers while preserving incentives to create good jobs.
format Working Paper
author Kuddo, Arvo
Robalino, David
Weber, Michael
author_facet Kuddo, Arvo
Robalino, David
Weber, Michael
author_sort Kuddo, Arvo
title Balancing Regulations to Promote Jobs : From Employment Contracts to Unemployment Benefits
title_short Balancing Regulations to Promote Jobs : From Employment Contracts to Unemployment Benefits
title_full Balancing Regulations to Promote Jobs : From Employment Contracts to Unemployment Benefits
title_fullStr Balancing Regulations to Promote Jobs : From Employment Contracts to Unemployment Benefits
title_full_unstemmed Balancing Regulations to Promote Jobs : From Employment Contracts to Unemployment Benefits
title_sort balancing regulations to promote jobs : from employment contracts to unemployment benefits
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25518330/balancing-regulations-promote-jobs-employment-contracts-unemployment-benefits
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