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Outsourcing and labor taxation in dual labor markets
Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264385
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Flexible outsourcing and the impacts of labour taxation in European welfare states
Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264468
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Impacts of labor taxation with perfectly and imperfectly competitive domestic labor markets under flexible outsourcing
Koskela, Erkki - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265972
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Analysis of labor tax progression under heterogeneous domestic labor markets and flexible outsourcing
Koskela, Erkki - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275003
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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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The Impact of Product and Labour Market Reform on Growth: Evidence for OECD Countries Based on Local Projections
de Haan, Jakob; Wiese, Rasmus - 2020
This paper examines the impact of labour and product market reforms on economic growth in 25 OECD countries between 1985 and 2013, and tests whether this impact is conditioned by the fiscal policy stance, i.e. whether there are fiscal expansions or adjustments. Our local projection results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269463
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Structural Reforms and Income Distribution: New Evidence for OECD Countries
Wiese, Rasmus; Jalles, João Tovar; de Haan, Jakob - 2023
This paper examines the impact of labour market and product market reforms on income inequality for 25 OECD countries, using the local projections approach and updates of the reform indicators put together by Duval et al. (2018) until 2020. Our results suggest that both types of (endogenized)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290124
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The Impact of Product and Labour Market Reform on Growth : Evidence for OECD Countries Based on Local Projections
de Haan, Jakob - 2020
This paper examines the impact of labour and product market reforms on economic growth in 25 OECD countries between 1985 and 2013, and tests whether this impact is conditioned by the fiscal policy stance, i.e. whether there are fiscal expansions or adjustments. Our local projection results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829322
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Structural Reforms and Income Distribution : New Evidence for OECD Countries
Wiese, Rasmus; Jalles, João Tovar; de Haan, Jakob - 2023
This paper examines the impact of labour market and product market reforms on income inequality for 25 OECD countries, using the local projections approach and updates of the reform indicators put together by Duval et al. (2018) until 2020. Our results suggest that both types of (endogenized)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014262698