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Equilibrium unemployment with outsourcing under labour market imperfections

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  • Koskela, Erkki
  • Stenbacka, Rune
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    We study the effects of international outsourcing on equilibrium unemployment in a high-wage economy with labour market imperfections. We demonstrate, consistent with empirical results, that the wage elasticity of labour demand is increasing as a function of outsourcing. Furthermore, we show that a production mode with more outsourcing reduces the negotiated wage in a high-wage country with labour market imperfections if the relative bargaining power of the labour union is sufficiently high. Under such circumstances outsourcing reduces equilibrium unemployment. Finally, we characterize the optimal production mode showing that stronger labour market imperfections induce a production mode with more outsourcing.

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    Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Labour Economics.

    Volume (Year): 16 (2009)
    Issue (Month): 3 (June)
    Pages: 284-290

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    Handle: RePEc:eee:labeco:v:16:y:2009:i:3:p:284-290

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    Keywords: Outsourcing Equilibrium unemployment Labour market imperfections Wage bargaining Production mode;

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    Cited by:
    1. Lommerud, Kjell Erik & Meland, Frode & Straume, Odd Rune, 2011. "North-South technology transfer in unionised multinationals," CEPR Discussion Papers 8664, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Muysken, Joan & Vallizadeh, Ehsan & Ziesemer, Thomas, 2012. "Migration, Unemployment, and Over-qualification: A Specific Factors-Model Approach," EconStor Preprints 67479, ZBW - German National Library of Economics.
    3. Jan König & Erkki Koskela, 2011. "Does International Outsourcing Really Lower Workers’ Income?," Journal of Labor Research, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 21-38, March.
    4. Matsuoka, Yuji & Fukushima, Marcelo, 2010. "Time zones, shift working and international outsourcing," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 769-778, October.
    5. Erkki Koskela, 2010. "Outsourcing Cost and Tax Progression under Nash Wage Bargaining with Flexible Outsourcing," CESifo Working Paper Series 3142, CESifo Group Munich.
    6. Böckerman, Petri & Riihimäki, Elisa, 2009. "International outsourcing and labour demand: Evidence from Finnish firm-level data," MPRA Paper 16903, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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