Outsourcing and Labor Taxation in Dual Labor Markets

43 Pages Posted: 5 Jun 2008

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Erkki Koskela

University of Helsinki - Department of Political and Economic Studies; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Bank of Finland - Research Department; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Panu Poutvaara

University of Helsinki - Department of Economics; Helsinki Center of Economic Research (HECER); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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Abstract

We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment in dual labor markets. Outsourcing promotes wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled workers. Higher domestic low-skilled wage tax, higher payroll tax and lower wage tax exemption increase optimal outsourcing. Outsourcing will reduce equilibrium unemployment of low-skilled workers both in the presence and absence of labor taxation. In the presence of outsourcing, wage tax, tax exemption and payroll tax have an ambiguous effect on equilibrium unemployment. Increasing the degree of tax progression decreases the wage rate and increases the demand of low-skilled workers.

Keywords: outsourcing, dual labor markets, labor taxation, equilibrium unemployment

JEL Classification: E24, J21, J31, J51, J82, H22

Suggested Citation

Koskela, Erkki and Poutvaara, Panu, Outsourcing and Labor Taxation in Dual Labor Markets. IZA Discussion Paper No. 3522, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1139912 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1139912

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