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Moral costs, the informal sector and unemployment

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2001

, sector division, unemployment and welfare. …

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Underground Activities and Labour Market Performance

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2018

We build a general equilibrium model in terms of a search and matching model with an informal sector. We consider the impact of the traditional policy instruments considered in the tax evasion literature, such as changes in the tax- and punishment system as well as changes in the employment...

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Is unemployment always higher when insiders decide?

Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe - 2000

This paper challenges the traditional view that unemployment is high because insiders determine the union wage. The … they experience relatively less unemployment. We assume that wages are determined by a monopoly union and further that a … of lower unemployment. …

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Does Active Labour Market Policy Reduce Unemployment when Search is Endogenous?

Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe - 2000

We analyse the effects active labour market programmes (ALMPs) have on unemployment in a union wage-setting framework … case where ALMPs increase match efficiency of the marginalized workers, and show that ALMPs may increase unemployment. …

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The Impact of Youth Unemployment Policy

Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe - 2001

This paper examines the impact on unemployment, unemployment distribution, wages and welfare of Youth Unemployment …

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Stick, Carrot and Skill Acquisition

Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe - 2001

the impact of YUPs on skill division, unemployment distribution workers and aggregate unemployment. …

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Social norm, the informal sector and unemployment

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2002

, unemployment and the size of the informal sector are affected by punishment policies, which has been ignored in the previous …

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Wages, unemployment, and the underground economy

Kolm, Anne-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2003

unemployment. A higher audit rate has an ambiguous impact on unemployment, and may actually increase the size of the underground …

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Does Tax Evasion Affect Unemployment and Educational Choice?

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2006

While examining the macroeconomic effects of government tax and punishment policies, this paper develops a three-sector general equilibrium model featuring matching frictions and worker-firm wage bargaining. Workers are assumed to diﬀer in ability, and the choice of education is determined...

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Skill level, Cognitive Ability, Unemployment and Welfare

Larsen, Birthe - 2004

. Furthermore, if the presence of skill-biased technological shocks increase unemployment, this may explain why the market it …-between subsidizing education and thereby reducing unemployment and optimizing welfare may be eliminated. We analyse this issue in a …

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