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Karp, Larry S.; Paul, Thierry. |
We analyze a model in which a government uses a second best policy to affect the reallocation of labor, following a change in relative prices. We consider two extreme cases, in which the government has either unlimited or negligible ability to commit to future actions. We explain why the ability to make commitments may be unimportant, and we illustrate this conjecture with numerical examples. For either assumption about commitment ability, the equilibrium policy involves gradual liberalization. The dying sector is protected during the transition to a free market, in order to decrease the amount of unemployment Our results are sensitive to the assumptions about migration. |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Adjustment costs; Dynamic tariffs; Time inconsistency; Markov perfection; Labor and Human Capital. |
Ano: 1994 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51222 |
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Karp, Larry S.; Paul, Thierry. |
We study a model in which management and a union bargain sequentially, first choosing a rule that will later determine the level of employment, and then choosing a wage. The government then chooses an output or an employment subsidy. An exogenous natural turnover rate in the unionized sector creates unemployment whenever the union wage exceeds the competitive wage. Government intervention can increase both the equilibrium amount of unemployment and worsen the intersectoral allocation of labour, because of the induced change in the endogenous wage. Unemployment weakens but does not eliminate the possibility of a "labour-management conspiracy". |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Unemployment; Government subsidies; Wage bargaining; Labor and Human Capital; J58; J68. |
Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25040 |
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