Author

Cabrera, José María ; Cid, Alejandro ; Bernatzky, Marianne

Editor

Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía

Date

2016

Extensión

32 p

Abstract

This is the first paper to analyze the effects of intense personal assistance on the compliance with labor regulation, within a population of deeply disadvantaged informal workers, using a field experiment. We randomly assign one-on-one assistance to these workers, and, within this treatment group, we randomly assign money to cover the cost of fulfilling the legal requirements to get a permit to work on the streets. (One month after the intervention), we find that a worker who receives one-on-one assistance is three times more likely to comply with the legal documentation required by the government than a worker in the control group. We also find that a worker who receives both one-on-one assistance and cost coverage is four times more likely to comply with the legal requirements. The findings shed light on strategies to help highly vulnerable workers comply with labor regulations. (JEL C93, D04, J46, J62, I30)

Keyword

Case management One-on-one assistance Randomized control trial Field experiment Labor regulation

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