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Kenji Azetsu and Taro Kumagai |
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''Severance pay and the accuracy of judgment'' |
( 2006, Vol. 10 No.1 ) |
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We show that the severance pay scheme can serve as bond and improve the welfare. When the authority appropriately adjudges the worker's effort, the increase in a severance payment reduces the shirker''s expected benefit, so that the severance pay works as a bond, which is warranted by the authority. |
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JEL: J4 - Particular Labor Markets: General J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: General |
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Manuscript Received : Jan 19 2006 | | Manuscript Accepted : Feb 02 2006 |
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