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Local social capital and geographical mobility : a theory

David, Quentin (contributor); Janiak, Alexandre (contributor) - 2008

In this paper, we attempt to understand the determinants of mobility by introducing the concept of local social capital. Investing in local ties is rational when workers anticipate that they will not move to another region. Reciprocally, once local social capital is accumulated, incentives to...

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Why is the public sector more labor-intensive? : A distortionary tax argument

Poutvaara, Panu (contributor); Wagener, Andreas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Government-run entities are often more labor-intensive than private companies, even with identical production … firms. A tax-favored treatment of public production precludes production efficiency. It reduces welfare when labor supply is … constant. With an elastic labor supply, a wage tax advantage of the public sector may improve welfare if it allows for a higher …

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Candidate quality

Poutvaara, Panu (contributor); Takalo, Tuomas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Is there scope for gains from revenue-neutral labor tax reforms with flexible outsourcing?

Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - 2009

We study the effects of revenue-neutral labor tax reforms in an imperfectly competitive domestic labor market under … negotiated wage rate, increase domestic labor demand and decrease international outsourcing. In the presence of wage tax … exemption, a lower payroll tax and a higher wage tax will increase domestic labor demand and decrease international outsourcing …

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Commuting, wages and bargaining power

Rupert, Peter; Stancanelli, Elena G. F.; Wasmer, Etienne - 2009

A search model of the labor market is augmented to include commuting time to work. The theory posits that wages are … impact of commute time on job acceptance decisions. We also use the theory to calculate the bargaining power of workers which …

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Layoff costs and efficiency with asymmetric information

Delacroix, Alain; Wasmer, Etienne - 2009

Wage determination under asymmetric information generates inefficiencies due to excess turnover. Severance pay and layoff taxes can improve efficiency. We show that inefficient separations can even be fully removed with fixed separation taxes in the case where the relevant private information is...

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Pareto-improving bequest taxation

Grossmann, Volker (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2006

Altruistic parents may transfer resources to their offspring by providing education, and by leaving bequests. We show that in the presence of wage taxation, a small bequest tax may improve efficiency in an overlapping-generations framework with only intended bequests, by enhancing incentives of...

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Imperfect transmission of tacit knowledge and other barriers to entrepreneurship

Kanniainen, Vesa (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2007

This paper identifies several distortions which create barriers to entrepreneurship. First, in addition to the innate entry cost, there are entry costs caused by regulation. Second, union wage policies raise the opportunity cost of entrepreneurship. Third, inefficiencies in the transmission of...

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Unemployment and gang crime : could prosperity backfire?

Poutvaara, Panu (contributor); Priks, Mikael (contributor) - 2007

Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between property crime and violent crime at work. In the model,...

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Hooliganism and police tactics : should tear gas make crime preventers cry?

Poutvaara, Panu (contributor); Priks, Mikael (contributor) - 2007

Hooliganism is on the rise and different countries use different strategies to combat it. We introduce a model where hooligans reap utility from violence and social identity and study the effects of different police strategies. We find that an increase in discriminative policing, provided by...

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