A higher unemployment compensation increases the incentive to shirk in efficiency wage models. If there is a stronger … dependence of unemployment benefits on current earnings, these incentives will be reduced. An unemployment insurance with … earnings-related benefits is thus characterised by higher employment than one with flat-rate benefits. It is investigated under …

neutralised, for example, by imposing a constant wedge, the employment impact will depend on the nature of the unemployment …In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to … compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by …

More progressive income taxes raise employment in models of imperfectly competitive labour markets. However, this … progressive taxes reduce profits. This induces firms to exit the market such that the positive employment effect can vanish in a … opportunities raise the likelihood of positive employment effects due to higher tax progressivity. …

neutralised, for example, by imposing a constant wedge, the employment impact will depend on the nature of the unemployment …In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to … compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by …

Various taxes influence wage and employment outcomes in efficiency wage models. These findings are extended by … incorporating more comprehensive tax functions, additional tax parameters, union-firm wage bargaining, and balanced budget …, holding constant the level of taxes, reduce wages and increase employment. Higher level of taxes on income, labour cost and …

In an efficiency wage economy, lump-sum severance pay from which shirkers can be excluded raises employment. However … reduces employment. Thus, the prevalent form of severance payments in OECD countries might have less advantageous employment … effects than previously conjectured. -- earnings relationship ; efficiency wages ; employment ; severance pay …

economic incidence if unemployment compensation is subject to social security contributions. Since this is the case in numerous … of social security contributions on wages and employment. …

economic incidence if unemployment compensation is subject to social security contributions. Since this is the case in numerous … of social security contributions on wages and employment. …

In this paper fiscal policy is examined for an open economy characterised by unemployment due to efficiency wages. We …

More progressive income taxes raise employment in models of imperfectly competitive labour markets. However, this … progressive taxes reduce profits. This induces firms to exit the market such that the positive employment effect can vanish in a … opportunities raise the likelihood of positive employment effects due to higher tax progressivity. …