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Outsourcing and Labor Taxation in Dual Labor Markets
Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859632
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Structural Estimation of Search Intensity:Do Non-Employed Workers Search Enough?
Gautier, Pieter; Moraga-González, José Luis; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We present a structural framework for the evaluation of public policies intended to increasejob search intensity. Most of the literature defines search intensity as a scalar that influencesthe arrival rate of job offers; here we treat it as the number of job applications that workerssend out....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861860
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Another Economic Miracle?The German Labor Market and the Great Recession
Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
The mild response of the German labor market to the worst global recession in post-warhistory appears as an economic miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to bea strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important factors that have contributed tothis development include...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486981
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Selective Hiring and Welfare Analysis in Labor Market Models
Merkl, Christian; Rens, Thijs van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
positivepredictions of the model change very little, but the welfare costs of unemployment are muchlarger because unemployment risk is … distributed unequally across workers. As a result,optimal unemployment insurance may be higher and welfare is lower if hiring is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486873
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THE CAPITAL STOCK AND EQUILIBRIUMUNEMPLOYMENT: A NEW THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
Kapadia, Sujit - University <Oxford> / Department of Economics - 2005
labour market (e.g. Layard, Nickell andJackman, 1991) imply that equilibrium unemployment is independent of the capitalstock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870233
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Labor Market Institutions and Unemployment: A Critical Assessment of the Cross-Country Evidence
Baker, Dean; Glyn, Andrew; Howell, David; Schmitt, John - University <Oxford> / Department of Economics - 2003
This paper provides a critical view of the cross country literature on the impact of labour market institutions and … policies on the evolving pattern of unemployment in OECD countries. Such widely used indicators as the generosity of … unemployment insurance or the strength of trade unions are neither strongly correlated individually with unemployment nor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870241
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Regional Unemployment and Human Capital inTransition Economies
Jurajda, Stěpán; Terrell, Katherine D. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Differences in regional unemployment in post-communist economies are large andpersistent. We show that inherited … variation in human-capital endowment across the regionsof four such economies explains the bulk of regional unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861375
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Equilibrium Unemployment with Outsourcing andWage Solidarity Under Labour Market Imperfections
Koskela, Erkki; Stenbacka, Rune - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation andequilibrium unemployment in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863113
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Equilibrium Unemployment with OutsourcingUnder Labour Market Imperfections
Koskela, Erkki; Stenbacka, Rune - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We study both the various consequences and the incentives of outsourcing. We argue thatthe wage elasticity of labour demand is increasing as a function of the share of outsourcing,which is importantly a result consistent with existing empirical research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863250
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Sources of Earnings Instability : Estimates from an On-the-Job Search Model of the U.S. Labor Market
Flabbi, Luca; Leonardi, Marco - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Many contributions suggest that earnings instability has increased during the 1980s and1990s. This paper develops and estimates an on-the-job search model of the labor market tostudy the contribution of wage inequality and job mobility in explaining earnings instability. Tostudy the evolution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860471