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Enforceability of labor law : evidence from a labor court in Mexico
 
Author:Kaplan, David S. ; Sadka, Joyce ; Collection Title:Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4483
Country:Mexico ; Document Date:2008/01/01
Doc Name:Enforceability of labor law : evidence from a labor court in MexicoDocument Type:Policy Research Working Paper
Language:EnglishRegion:Latin America & Caribbean
Rep Title:Enforceability of labor law : evidence from a labor court in MexicoReport Number:WPS4483
SubTopics:Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures ; Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress ; Information Security & Privacy ; Legal Products ; MicrofinanceTopics:Law and Development ; Public Sector Development ; Finance and Financial Sector Development
Unit Owning:Development Research Group (DECRG)Volume No:1 of 1

Abstract: The authors analyze lawsuits involving publicly-appointed lawyers in a labor court in Mexico to study how a rigid law is enforced. They show that, even after a judge has awarded something to a worker alleging unjust dismissal, the award goes uncollected 56 percent of the time. Workers who are dismissed after working more than seven years, however, do not leave these awards uncollected because their legally-mandated severance payments are larger. A simple theoretical model is used to generate predictions on how lawsuit outcomes should depend on the information available to the worker and on the worker's cost of collecting an award after trial, both of which are determined in part by the worker's lawyer. Differences in outcomes across lawyers are consistent with the hypothesis that firms take advantage both of workers who are poorly informed and of workers who find it more costly to collect an award after winning at trial.
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