The Finnish unemployment rose in the early 1990 s from three to eighteen percent in four years. Unemployment has then … this unforeseen increase in unemployment. We then discuss the role of labour market institutions in the adjustment process … that has brought unemployment back to normal levels. We argue that these institutions cannot be blamed for the increase in …

unemployment. Finally, we characterize the optimal production mode and show that stronger labour market imperfections lead to a …

high-wage country with an imperfectly competitive labour market so that outsourcing reduces equilibrium unemployment …

Finnish unemployment rose in the early 1990s from 3% to 18% in just four years. It has since fallen back to the average … unemployment. We then discuss and research the role of labour market institutions in the adjustment process that has brought … unemployment back to a 'normal' level. We argue that these institutions cannot be blamed for the increase in unemployment, but that …

high-wage country with an imperfectly competitive labour market so that outsourcing reduces equilibrium unemployment …

We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment … reduce equilibrium unemployment of low-skilled workers both in the presence and absence of labor taxation. In the presence of … outsourcing, wage tax, tax exemption and payroll tax have an ambiguous effect on equilibrium unemployment. Increasing the degree …

We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment … reduce equilibrium unemployment of low-skilled workers both in the presence and absence of labor taxation. In the presence of … outsourcing, wage tax, tax exemption and payroll tax have an ambiguous effect on equilibrium unemployment. Increasing the degree …

, profit sharing, and equilibrium unemployment when profit sharing is also a part of a compensation scheme in all industries … sharing. For equilibrium unemployment, we find that if there is also profit sharing in other industries, the effects of … outsourcing and profit sharing on the unemployment rate is ambiguous both in the committed and flexible case …

We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment … reduce equilibrium unemployment of low-skilled workers both in the presence and absence of labor taxation. In the presence of … outsourcing, wage tax, tax exemption and payroll tax have an ambiguous effect on equilibrium unemployment. Increasing the degree …