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 en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION LABOR MARKET POLICY UNEMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS LABOUR OFFICE NET JOB CREATION PRODUCT MARKET SEVERANCE PAYMENTS LABOR PROGRAMS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS WAGE COMPRESSION YOUTH EMPLOYMENT MINIMUM WAGE JOB SEARCHES COLLECTIVE DISMISSALS FIRM DYNAMICS LABOR TURNOVER JOB TENURE LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS LABOR ECONOMICS PERMANENT JOB LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION TEMPORARY WORKERS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES MOBILITY OF LABOR JOB SEEKERS EARNINGS INEQUALITY EMPLOYMENT LEVEL LABOR MARKET MATERNITY LEAVE LABOR MARKET REFORM STABLE JOBS LABOR COSTS EMPLOYMENT LEVELS INFORMAL ECONOMY MASS LAYOFFS REASSIGNMENT SEVERANCE PAYMENT UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FIRM LEVEL DISPLACEMENT FIRING COSTS WORKER INCOME INEQUALITY PAID WORKER ACTIVE LABOR MARKET LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR LAW HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LABOR CONTRACTS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEMS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LABOR LABOUR MARKETS JOB SEARCH REGULAR WORKERS PERMANENT WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL SEVERANCE PAY SYSTEM DISPLACED WORKERS LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR LAWS EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION LABOR DEMAND ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOUR REALLOCATION WAGE RATES WAGE SUBSIDIES OCCUPATIONS LABOUR MARKET EMPLOYMENT SERVICES WORKING POOR LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT EARNING PUBLIC WORKS JOB OFFERS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR STUDIES SKILLED LABOR LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR STANDARDS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT TEMPORARY JOBS DISMISSAL EMPLOYABILITY LABOUR MARKET POLICIES WORKING CONDITIONS EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY EMPLOYEE LABOR SUPPLY EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK CONSUMER PRICE INDEX UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CHILD LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS LABOR MARKETS TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT POLICY ECONOMIC INSECURITY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES JOB SEEKER JOB DISPLACEMENT EMPLOYEES UNION MEMBERSHIP FIRING RESTRICTIONS REGULAR WORKER JOBS EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS SEVERANCE PAY SYSTEMS PRODUCTIVITY EFFECTS LEAVE OF ABSENCE OMBUDSMAN SKILLED WORKERS INFORMAL SECTOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH RETIREMENT LABOR LAW LABOR LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AGE GROUP ECONOMIC NEEDS HEALTH INSURANCE COMPENSATION PACKAGE JOB LABOR MARKET REGULATION AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY WAGE LEVEL EMPLOYMENT RATES INCOME SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS REAL WAGES FIRING COST LABOR MARKET POLICIES EARLY RETIREMENT ACTIVE LABOR LABOR OFFICES TEMPORARY WORK COMPULSORY LABOR ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT EFFECT EXOGENOUS SHOCKS REGULAR CONTRACTS BARGAINING POWER LABOUR RESEARCH UNEMPLOYED OLDER WORKERS ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICY WAGE POLICIES TOTAL EMPLOYMENT WAGE INCREASE EDUCATIONAL LEAVE MINIMUM WAGES WAGE LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT AVERAGE WAGES PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INCOME SECURITY WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS LAYOFF WAGE INEQUALITY AVERAGE WAGE CONTRIBUTION RATE NET EMPLOYMENT OCCUPATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION LABOR RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPLOYMENT SERVICE WAGE FLOOR LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH LABOR RELATIONS JOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC FACTORS LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY EMPLOYMENT EFFECT WAGE SECTOR WAGE POLICY MANPOWER MANAGEMENT UNEMPLOYED PERSONS PAYROLL TAX JOB DESTRUCTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM HUMAN RESOURCES LABORERS TRAINING PROGRAM SEVERANCE ARRANGEMENTS YOUNGER WORKERS SEVERANCE PAY SCHEMES EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS WAGE EFFECTS WORKFORCE REDUCTION INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS LABOUR STANDARDS PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAGE DISTRIBUTION LABOUR EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS UNSKILLED LABOR LABOR REGULATIONS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEM
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