Bargaining structure and regional unemployment insurance
- This study examines how the size of trade unions relative to the la- bor force impacts on the desirability of different organizational forms of self-financing unemployment insurance (UI) for workers, firms, and with reference to an efficiency criterion. For this purpose, we respectively nu- merically compare the outcome of a model with a uniform payroll tax to a model where workers pay taxes according to their systematic risk of unemployment. Our results highlight the importance of the bargaining structure for the assessment of a particular UI scheme. Most importantly, it depends on the size of the unions whether efficiency favors a uniform or a differentiated UI scheme.
Author details: | Helge SannerGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-13747 |
Publication series (Volume number): | Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge (44) |
Publication type: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 2001 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2007/06/04 |
RVK - Regensburg classification: | QD 100 |
Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
External remark: | Sanner, Helge: Bargaining structure and regional unemployment insurance / Helge Sanner. - Potsdam : Univ., 2001. - 15 Bl. : graph. Darst. (Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge : Diskussionsbeitrag ; 44) |