How Did Workers Fare in Labor Mediation – An Empirical Assessment from Taiwan

Huang, Kuo‐Chang; Chen, Kong-Pin; Lin, Chang‐Ching

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1876184

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How Did Workers Fare in Labor Mediation – An Empirical Assessment from Taiwan

47 Pages Posted: 5 Jul 2011

See all articles by Kuo‐Chang Huang

Kong-Pin Chen

Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica; National Taiwan University - Department of Economics

Chang‐Ching Lin

National Cheng Kung University

Date Written: June 30, 2011

Abstract

Using newly collected data on labor disputes in Taiwan, we study how laborers fare in labor mediation. Our strongest result is that in the cases involving small claims, workers obtained a substantially high portion of their claim, a result unlikely to occur if those laborers had to resort to litigation. Overall, our study indicates that labor mediation is effective in helping the financially disadvantaged individual workers to obtain substantial recovery from their employers.

Keywords: labor mediation, labor litigation, settlement rate, ADR

JEL Classification: J52, K40

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Huang, Kuo-Chang and Chen, Kong-Pin and Lin, Chang-Ching, How Did Workers Fare in Labor Mediation – An Empirical Assessment from Taiwan (June 30, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1876184 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1876184