The Finnish unemployment rose in the early 1990 s from three to eighteen percent in four years. Unemployment has then … this unforeseen increase in unemployment. We then discuss the role of labour market institutions in the adjustment process … that has brought unemployment back to normal levels. We argue that these institutions cannot be blamed for the increase in …

unemployment. Finally, we characterize the optimal production mode and show that stronger labour market imperfections lead to a …

high-wage country with an imperfectly competitive labour market so that outsourcing reduces equilibrium unemployment …

Finnish unemployment rose in the early 1990s from 3% to 18% in just four years. It has since fallen back to the average … unemployment. We then discuss and research the role of labour market institutions in the adjustment process that has brought … unemployment back to a 'normal' level. We argue that these institutions cannot be blamed for the increase in unemployment, but that …

high-wage country with an imperfectly competitive labour market so that outsourcing reduces equilibrium unemployment …

Finnish unemployment rose in the early 1990s from 3% to 18% in just four years. It has since fallen back to the average … unemployment. We then discuss and research the role of labour market institutions in the adjustment process that has brought … unemployment back to a ‘normal’ level. We argue that these institutions cannot be blamed for the increase in unemployment, but that …

unemployment also constitutes an incentive to implement a tax on outsourcing.Without a direct instrument for taxing outsourcing …

We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation andequilibrium unemployment in a …