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This paper contributes new evidence from two large household surveys on the compliance of firms with severance pay regulations in Indonesia, and the extent to which changes in severance pay regulations could affect employment rigidity. Compliance appears to be low, as only one-third of workers entitled to severance pay report receiving it, and on average workers only collect 40 percent of the payment due to them. Eligible female and low-wage workers are least likely to report receiving payments. Widespread non-compliance is consistent with trends in employment rigidity, which remained essentially unchanged following the large increases in severance mandated by the 2003 law. These results suggest that workers may benefit from a compromise that relaxes severance pay regulations while improving enforcement of severance pay statutes, and possibly establishing a system of unemployment benefits.

Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Labor Management and Relations --- Labor Markets --- Labor Policies --- Labor Regulations --- Non-compliance --- Severance Pay --- Social Protections & Assistance --- Social Protections and Labor --- Wages, Compensation & Benefits --- Indonesia

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This book focuses on three disaster-related categories: major disaster declarations, emergency declarations, and fire management assistance declarations. The authors utilize these official definitions to draw inferences about the frequency, geographic patterns, trends, and financial costs related to disasters.

Disasters --- Disaster relief --- Natural disasters --- Compensation management --- Natural calamities --- Calamities --- Catastrophes --- Costs. --- Law and legislation --- Curiosities and wonders --- Accidents --- Hazardous geographic environments --- Environmental economics