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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 …

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Analysis of Labor Tax Progression under Heterogeneous Domestic Labor Markets and Flexible Outsourcing

Koskela, Erkki - CESifo - 2010

What are the impacts of labor tax reform on wage setting and employment to keep the relative tax burden per low-skilled and high-skilled workers constant in the case of heterogeneous domestic labor markets, i.e. imperfect competition in low-skilled labor and perfect competition in high-skilled...

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Outsourcing and Labor Taxation in Dual Labor Markets

Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 2008

We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment … reduce equilibrium unemployment of low-skilled workers both in the presence and absence of labor taxation. In the presence of … outsourcing, wage tax, tax exemption and payroll tax have an ambiguous effect on equilibrium unemployment. Increasing the degree …

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Flexible Outsourcing and the Impacts of Labour Taxation in European Welfare States

Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 2008

In European Welfare States, low-skilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of high-skilled workers is more competitive. To focus on this aspect, we analyze how flexible international outsourcing and labour taxation affect wage formation, employment and welfare in dual...

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Impacts of Labor Taxation with Perfectly and Imperfectly Competitive Domestic Labor Markets under Flexible Outsourcing

Koskela, Erkki - CESifo - 2009

What are the impacts of labor tax reform on wage setting and employment to keep the relative tax burden per low-skilled and high-skilled workers constant in the case of heterogenous domestic labor markets, i.e. imperfect competition in low-skilled labor and perfect competition in high-skilled...

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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 …

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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...

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Strategic Outsourcing, Profit Sharing and Equilibrium Unemployment

Koskela, Erkki; König, Jan - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

, profit sharing, and equilibrium unemployment when profit sharing is also a part of a compensation scheme in all industries?... …

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Real Convergence, Capital Flows, and Competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe

Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther; Zemanek, Holger - CESifo - 2009

The paper scrutinizes the role of wages and capital flows for competitiveness in the new EU member states in the context of real convergence. For this purpose it extends the seminal Balassa-Samuelson model by international capital markets. The augmented Balassa-Samuelson model is linked to the...

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Can Profit Sharing Lower Flexible Outsourcing? A Note

Koskela, Erkki; König, Jan - CESifo - 2009

We analyze the following question associated with flexible outsourcing under imperfect domestic labour market: How does the implementation of profit sharing influence flexible outsourcing? We show that in general profit sharing has a negative effect on low skilled wage and thus an outsourcing...

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