This paper concerns public input provision as an instrument for redistribution under international outsourcing by using … the provision of public input goods in response to international outsourcing, and (ii) whether international outsourcing … justifies policy cooperation. If the public input good is substitutable for (complementary with) outsourcing in terms of the …

We analyze the following questions associated with flexible outsourcing under partly imperfect dual domestic labour … sharing influence flexible outsourcing? What is the relationship between outsourcing cost, profit sharing and wages? We show … that profit sharing has a positive effect on low skilled wage and thus an outsourcing enhancing character. The wages of …

We analyze the following question associated with flexible outsourcing under imperfect domestic labour market: How does … the implementation of profit sharing influence flexible outsourcing? We show that in general profit sharing has a negative … effect on low skilled wage and thus an outsourcing decreasing character. However due to labour union determination of effort …

abroad, and where outsourcing is substitutable for domestic low-ability labor. Our results show that the incentives for the … unemployment also constitutes an incentive to implement a tax on outsourcing. Without a direct instrument for taxing outsourcing …, the government may reduce the amount of resources spent on outsourcing by increased provision of the public input good …

We combine profit sharing and outsourcing, if the wage for worker is decided by a labor union to analyze how does the … implementation of profit sharing affect individual effort and the bargained wage and thus outsourcing? We find that profit sharing … a wage increasing effect via labor demand elasticity so that outsourcing and employment effects are also ambiguous …

We combine profit sharing for high-skilled workers and outsourcing of low-skilled tasks in partly imperfect dual … of profit sharing influence flexible outsourcing and low-skilled labour market outcome. Profit sharing has a positive … effect on the low-skilled wage and thus an outsourcing enhancing character. Profit sharing for high-skilled workers increases …

We analyze the following questions associated with outsourcing and profit sharing under imperfect labour markets. How … does strategic outsourcing influence wage formation, profit sharing and employee effort when firms commit to optimal profit … sharing before wage formation or decide for profit sharing after wage formation? What is the relationship between outsourcing …