high-wage country with an imperfectly competitive labour market so that outsourcing reduces equilibrium unemployment …

taxation. In addition, the appearance of equilibrium unemployment also provides an incentive for the government to directly tax …

outsourcing cost, profit sharing and equilibrium unemployment, when profit sharing is also a part of the compensation schemes in … wage effect. For equilibrium unemployment the effects of outsourcing cost and profit sharing are ambiguous both in case of … the absence or presence of outsourcing and in this case lower outsourcing cost will decrease unemployment …

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 …

, profit sharing, and equilibrium unemployment depending on whether in other industries profit share is or is not a part of the …. Under flexible profit sharing wage is higher if optimal profit share is small enough. For equilibrium unemployment, we find … that if there is no profit sharing in other industries, outsourcing will decrease the unemployment rate. But if profit …

The Finnish unemployment rose in the early 1990’s from three to eighteen percent in four years. Unemployment has then … this unforeseen increase in unemployment. We then discuss the role of labour market institutions in the adjustment process … that has brought unemployment back to ‘normal’ levels. We argue that these institutions cannot be blamed for the increase …

taxation. In addition, the appearance of equilibrium unemployment also provides an incentive for the government to directly tax …