utility. We show for a wage bargaining model that a stronger earningsrelationship of unemployment benefits may reduce wages …Evidently, the benefit-structure of the unemployment insurance has a significant influence onprofits and trade union … and increase employment. Thisraises the question as to how the benefit structure is determined in the political process... …

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We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation andequilibrium unemployment in a …