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 skilled and unskilled workers. Increasing …

economics ; incomplete contracts ; construction ; agency theory ; industry studies ; outsourcing ; procurement …

constancy of other groups' hours are optimal reactions to outsourcing labor in home production becoming more attractive to …

-skilled labor and perfect competition in high-skilled labor in the presence of outsourcing? A higher degree of tax progression by … function so this will have no total employment effects. -- Flexible outsourcing ; dual labor market ; impacts of labour …

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 …

"This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill structure of labour … demand in the United Kingdom. It is the first detailed study of this issue for the UK. Outsourcing is calculated using import … factor demands, our main results show that international outsourcing has had a strong negative impact on the demand for …