-skilled labor and perfect competition in high-skilled labor in the presence of outsourcing? A higher degree of tax progression by …

-skilled labor and perfect competition in high-skilled labor in the presence of outsourcing? A higher degree of tax progression by …

-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 domestic labour markets. Higher productivity of outsourcing, lower cost … of outsourcing and lower factor price of outsourcing increase wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low …

We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment … in dual labor markets. Outsourcing promotes wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled workers. Higher … domestic low-skilled wage tax, higher payroll tax and lower wage tax exemption increase optimal outsourcing. Outsourcing will …

-skilled labor and perfect competition in high-skilled labor in the presence of outsourcing? A higher degree of tax progression by …

We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment … in dual labor markets. Outsourcing promotes wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled workers. Higher … domestic low-skilled wage tax, higher payroll tax and lower wage tax exemption increase optimal outsourcing. Outsourcing will …

We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment in a … heterogeneous labour market, where wages are determined by a monopoly labour union. We find that outsourcing promotes the wage … magnify, and not dampen, this tendency. Further, higher outsourcing will increase equilibrium unemployment among the high …

We study the various consequences of and the incentives for outsourcing. We argue that the wage elasticity of labour … demand increases as a function of the share of outsourcing, which is a result consistent with existing empirical research …. Furthermore, we show that a production mode with a higher proportion of outsourcing activity reduces the negotiated wage in the …