Litigation and Settlement: New Evidence from Labor Courts in Mexico

David S. Kaplan, Joyce Sadka and Jorge Luis Silva‐Mendez

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2008, vol. 5, issue 2, 309-350

Abstract: Using a newly assembled data set on procedures filed in Mexican labor tribunals, we study the determinants of final awards to workers. On average, workers recover less than 30 percent of their claim. Our strongest result is that workers receive higher percentages of their claims in settlements than in trial judgments. We also find that cases with multiple claimants against a single firm are less likely to be settled, which partially explains why workers involved in these procedures receive lower percentages of their claims. Finally, we find evidence that a worker who exaggerates his or her claim is less likely to settle.

Date: 2008
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