facilitates an analysis of how wage setting and unemployment is affected by punishment policies, which is ignored in the previous …

This paper investigates the impact of payroll taxes on unemployment and welfare in a model with household production … and union firm wage bargaining. It turns out that unemployment, most likely, falls with a reduced payroll tax in the …

and "services" are produced both in the market and within the households. We use the model to examine how unemployment and … services reduces unemployment whereas a tax cut on goods has no effect. A reform involving tax differentiation, with lower …

both sectors, and (iii) reduces the unemployment rate. The effect of a higher audit rate is less clear. We find that a … ambiguous impact on unemployment and real wages. …

This paper is concerned with social interactions and their importance for unemployment. A theoretical model is … specified in which the social and psychological costs of unemployment depend upon the unemployment level. The theoretical … analysis reveals social multiplier effects, and shows that multiple unemployment equilibria may emerge. Data on all 20- to 24 …