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"The insider-outsider theory is one of the approaches with which the persistence of unemployment can be accounted for …-outsider theory, insiders exploit this market power in order to expropriate rents. This paper first examines whether there is evidence … employment sample. Furthermore we look into the hypothesis derived from the insider-outsider theory which says that industries …
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Insider-outsider theory suggests that in dual labour markets two groups have opposing preferences regarding protection … market policies. Going beyond insider-outsider theory, we argue and show empirically that the effect of membership in either …
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Flexicurity is at the heart of European policy debates. Its aim is to overcome the tensions between labour market flexibility on the one hand, and the provision of social security for workers on the other hand. To date, there is little insight into whether flexicurity policies have been adopted...
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housing in France. In this article, insider-outsider theory (Lindbeck & Snower, 2002) is employed to explain the exclusionary …
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In this paper we develop a theory of union bargaining power based on firm-specific skills acquired by the insider work … hiring of the firm, however. This paper can thus be understood as developing an insider-outsider theory in which harrassment …
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In recent years a large theoretical and empirical literature has emerged on hysteresis in unemployment. This paper reviews the theoretical part of this literature, including the various insider-outsider models that have been advanced to explain hysteresis. The review finds that while the...
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In order to reduce unemployment, it is often recommended that industry-level wage bargaining in Germany should be replaced by a more decentralized system. This paper provides a critical assessment of the current wage bargaining institutions and reexamines the case for a more decentralized...
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that the insider-outsider theory postulates for wage demands also arise regarding working hours, and that this can lead to …
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