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labour across firms affects economy-wide unemployment. Offshoring reduces unemployment when it is confined to high …
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fragmentation. This gives us a theoretical framework in which wage inequality and unemployment rates are co-determined and therefore … fragmentation. We also explore how preferences for fair wages and the size of unemployment benefits govern the employment effects of … outsourcing and critically assess the role of political intervention that aims to reduce unemployment benefits under …
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dimensions: Involuntary unemployment and income inequality between entrepreneurs and workers increase, and so does inequality …
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the wages for skilled and unskilled workers, leading to involuntary unemployment of unskilled workers in equilibrium … by lower wage differentials as well as higher unemployment. Allowing for endogenous skill formation in both countries …
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We develop a model of international trade with a monopsonistically competitive labour market in which firms employ skilled labour for headquarter tasks and unskilled workers to conduct a continuum of production tasks. Firms can enter foreign markets through exporting and through offshoring, and...
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profits, involuntary unemployment and within-group wage inequality in a unified framework. We use this model to investigate … simultaneous increase of average profits and involuntary unemployment as well as a surge in within-group wage inequality …
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