Outsourcing, unemployment and welfare policy
"The paper investigates the consequences of outsourcing of labor intensive activities to low-wage economies. This trend challenges the two basic functions of the welfare state, redistribution and social insurance when private unemployment insurance markets are missing. The main results are: (i)...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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Munich
2008
CESifo |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19180797124919089799-outsourcing,-unemployment-and-.htm |
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| author | Keuschnigg, Christian Ribi, Evelyn |
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| description | "The paper investigates the consequences of outsourcing of labor intensive activities to low-wage economies. This trend challenges the two basic functions of the welfare state, redistribution and social insurance when private unemployment insurance markets are missing. The main results are: (i) outsourcing raises unemployment and labor income risk of unskilled workers; (ii) it increases inequality among high- and low-income groups; and (iii) the gains from outsourcing can be made Pareto improving by using a redistributive linear income tax if redistribution is initially not too large. We finally derive the welfare optimal redistribution and unemployment insurance policies." |
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| id | 19180797124919089799_ec5cd874fee94e0db63c8561e55fcfd2 |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| is_hierarchy_title | Outsourcing, unemployment and welfare policy |
| language | English |
| physical | 26 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2008 |
| publisher | Munich CESifo |
| spellingShingle | Keuschnigg, Christian Ribi, Evelyn outsourcing unemployment unemployment benefit welfare economics Outsourcing, unemployment and welfare policy |
| thumbnail | https://www.labourline.org/Image_prev.jpg?Archive=117170293535 |
| title | Outsourcing, unemployment and welfare policy |
| topic | outsourcing unemployment unemployment benefit welfare economics |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19180797124919089799-outsourcing,-unemployment-and-.htm |