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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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