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Flexible outsourcing and the impacts of labour taxation in European welfare states
Koskela, Erkki (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2008
In European Welfare States, low-skilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of high-skilled workers is more competitive. To focus on this aspect, we analyze how flexible international outsourcing and labour taxation affect wage formation, employment and welfare in dual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772202
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Flexible outsourcing and the impacts of labour taxation in European Welfare States
Koskela, Erkki (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2008
In European Welfare States, unskilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of skilled workers is 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755959
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Outsourcing and labor taxation in dual labor markets
Koskela, Erkki (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003719633
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Outsourcing and labor taxation in dual labor markets
Koskela, Erkki (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003720619
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Outsourcing and Labor Taxation in Dual Labor Markets
Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325133
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Outsourcing and Labor Taxation in Dual Labor Markets
Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316510
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Candidate Quality
Poutvaara, Panu; Takalo, Tuomas - 2004
We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to run. To this end, we develop a sparse and tractable citizen-candidate model of representative democracy with ability differences, informative campaigning and political parties....
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What is Left to Residual Claimants? The Empirics of Income Reported by Entrepreneurs and Workers
Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - 2021
Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … income with all but undergraduate level of education. However, random effects and matching models suggest that entrepreneurs … have lower incomes. We also analyze those who changed careers. Those with higher level of education are more likely to …
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International Migration of Couples
Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 2014
We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases in the earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way....
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International Migration of Couples
Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
. College education of either partner makes couples more, and having children makes couples less mobile. Power couples are most …
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