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Family Bargaining and Taxes:A Prolegomenon to the Analysis of Joint Taxation
Pollak, Robert A. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Does joint taxation disadvantage women? To answer that question, this paper begins byreviewing unitary and bargaining … models of intrafamily allocation, and then discusses thedeterminants of "bargaining power" in a world without taxes... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861560
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A Positive Theory of the Earnings Relationship ofUnemployment Benefits
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
utility. We show for a wage bargaining model that a stronger earningsrelationship of unemployment benefits may reduce wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862298
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The Effects of In-Work Benefit Reform in Britainon Couples: Theory and Evidence
Francesconi, Marco; Rainer, Helmut; Klaauw, Wilbert van der - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper examines the effects of the Working Families´ Tax Credit (WFTC) on couples inBritain. We develop a simple model of household decisions which explicitly accounts for therole played by the tax and benefit system. Its main implications are then tested using paneldata from the British...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862316
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On the Optimality of a Minimum Wage:New Insights from Optimal Tax Theory
Hungerbühler, Mathias; Lehmann, Etienne - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We build a theoretical model to study whether a minimum wage can be welfare-improving if itis implemented in conjunction with an optimized nonlinear income tax. We consider this issuein a framework where search frictions on the labor market generate unemployment. Workersdiffer in productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862337
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Real and Nominal Wage Rigidities inCollective Bargaining Agreements
Christofides, Louis N.; Nearchou, Paris - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
An earlier study of wage agreements, reached in the Canadian unionized sector between1976-99, found that wage adjustment is characterized by downward nominal rigidity andsignificant spikes at zero. We extend this earlier approach to encompass the possibility ofreal as well as nominal wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863007
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Economic Growth with Political Lobbying and Wage Bargaining
Palokangas, Tapio - 2009
workers are unionized and their wages depend on relative union bargaining power. If this power is high enough, then there is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764080
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Can Profit Sharing Lower Flexible Outsourcing? A Note
Koskela, Erkki - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764238
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Sequential Bargaining in a New-Keynesian Model with Frictional Unemployment and Staggered Wage Negotiation
de Walque, Gregory - 2009
We consider a model with frictional unemployment and staggered wage bargaining where hours worked are negotiated every … period. The workers' bargaining power in the hours negotiation affects both unemployment volatility and inflation persistence …) the lower the effective workers' bargaining power for wages and (iii) the more important the hourly wage in the marginal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764242
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Urban Wage Premia, Cost of Living, and Collective Bargaining
Belloc, Marianna - 2019
economy characterized by the interplay between collective wage bargaining and spatial heterogeneity in the cost of living. Our … delivered by the Italian Revenue Agency. For employees covered by collective bargaining, we find a zero UWP in nominal terms and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858481
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Workplace Unionism, Collective Bargaining and Skill Formation : New Results from Mixed Methods
Berton, Fabio - 2019
opening the "black box" of firm-level unionism and collective bargaining, we mix together quantitative and qualitative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859778