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The Impact of Non-Wage Benefits on Job Quality and Labor Market Outcomes in the Developing World : What Do We Know?

dc.contributor.author Helppie, Brooke
dc.contributor.author Macis, Mario
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-13T15:48:48Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-13T15:48:48Z
dc.date.issued 2009-12
dc.description.abstract One indicator of job quality in the developing world is the extent to which workers are covered by nonwage mandated benefits. Mandated benefits are a class of labor market regulation that requires employers to provide their workers with some form of non-wage pay or benefits. These benefits are typically fully financed by the employer or the employer-worker pair, and administered at the firm level. This note summarizes the existing knowledge and research on the effects of providing higher mandated benefits on labor market outcomes. In particular, the authors focus on the evidence available for developing economies. The authors discuss the potential advantages and drawbacks of providing mandated benefits (as implied by economic theory), summarize some of the existing empirical literature on the impact of mandated benefits. This note sets out to introduce some of the theory and existing literature about mandated benefits, and to draw attention to the need for more research about the impact of this type of policy. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11665311/impact-non-wage-benefits-job-quality-labor-market-outcomes-developing-world-know
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11714
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries World Bank Employment Policy Primer; No. 13
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject ANTIDISCRIMINATION
dc.subject ANTIDISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION
dc.subject BUSINESS CYCLES
dc.subject CHILD-BEARING
dc.subject CHILDBEARING
dc.subject CHILDBIRTH
dc.subject COMPENSATION
dc.subject COMPENSATION PACKAGE
dc.subject COMPENSATION PACKAGES
dc.subject COMPETITIVE MARKETS
dc.subject DEADWEIGHT
dc.subject DEADWEIGHT LOSSES
dc.subject DEMAND CURVES
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject ECONOMIC THEORIES
dc.subject ECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subject EFFICIENCY BENEFITS
dc.subject EMPLOYEE
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT COMPOSITION
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT EFFECT
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT POLICY
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject FEMALE
dc.subject FIRM LEVEL
dc.subject FIRM SIZE
dc.subject FUTURE RESEARCH
dc.subject GENDER
dc.subject GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject HOME
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject INFANT
dc.subject INFANT HEALTH
dc.subject INFORMAL ECONOMY
dc.subject INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject INFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subject JOB LOSSES
dc.subject LABOR COST
dc.subject LABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR FORCE ATTACHMENT
dc.subject LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject LABOR LAW
dc.subject LABOR LEGISLATION
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY
dc.subject LABOR MARKET IMPACT
dc.subject LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subject LABOR MARKET REGULATION
dc.subject LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS
dc.subject LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject LABOR REGULATIONS
dc.subject LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject LAWS
dc.subject LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject MANDATED BENEFIT
dc.subject MANDATED BENEFITS
dc.subject MANDATES
dc.subject MATERNITY BENEFITS
dc.subject MATERNITY LEAVE
dc.subject MINIMUM WAGE
dc.subject MINIMUM WAGES
dc.subject PARENTAL LEAVE
dc.subject PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
dc.subject PAYROLL TAX
dc.subject PAYROLL TAXES
dc.subject POSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subject PREGNANCY
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject REAL WAGE
dc.subject RULE OF LAW
dc.subject SICK LEAVE
dc.subject SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject TAXATION
dc.subject TEEN
dc.subject TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject UNEMPLOYED
dc.subject UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM
dc.subject UNINTENDED EFFECTS
dc.subject VALUATION
dc.subject WAGE EFFECTS
dc.subject WAGE STRUCTURE
dc.subject WILL
dc.subject WOMAN
dc.subject WOMEN OF CHILD-BEARING AGE
dc.subject WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE
dc.subject WORKER
dc.subject WORKERS
dc.subject WORKFORCE
dc.subject WORKING POPULATION
dc.title The Impact of Non-Wage Benefits on Job Quality and Labor Market Outcomes in the Developing World : What Do We Know? en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Jobs
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Gender
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11665311/impact-non-wage-benefits-job-quality-labor-market-outcomes-developing-world-know
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333038_20100118054536
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 11665311
okr.identifier.report 52737
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/01/18/000333038_20100118054536/Rendered/PDF/527370BRI0EPPN10Box345577B01PUBLIC1.pdf en
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Markets
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Policies
okr.topic Gender :: Gender and Law
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.unit Social Protection Team (HDNSP)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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