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<p>This paper discusses the impact of unemployment compensation on the employment and wages of regular and non-regular labor in a dual-labor market. The model in this paper assumes an effective demand constraint and an imperfectly competitive market. The results obtained are as follows. An increase in unemployment compensation increases the wages of regular labor to maintain its productivity. However, this temporarily decreases the employment of regular labor, so that the productivity and wages of non-regular labor decrease. The result is an increase in the relative wage rate of regular labor and the relative amount of non-regular labor employed. This result is independent of any economic regime. In terms of the impact on employment volume, the existence of two regimes, one wage-driven and one profit-driven, is confirmed. However, the effect on employment is weaker if unemployment compensation is financed by taxing profits.</p>
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This paper discusses the impact of unemployment compensation on the employment and wages of regular and non-regular labor in a dual-labor market. The model in this paper assumes an effective demand constraint and an imperfectly competitive market. The results obtained are as follows. An increase in unemployment compensation increases the wages of regular labor to maintain its productivity. However, this temporarily decreases the employment of regular labor, so that the productivity and wages of non-regular labor decrease. The result is an increase in the relative wage rate of regular labor and the relative amount of non-regular labor employed. This result is independent of any economic regime. In terms of the impact on employment volume, the existence of two regimes, one wage-driven and one profit-driven, is confirmed. However, the effect on employment is weaker if unemployment compensation is financed by taxing profits.

Dual-Labor Market and Unemployment Compensation

ECONOMICS

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This paper discusses the impact of unemployment compensation on the employment and wages of regular and non-regular labor in a dual-labor market. The model in...

Dual-Labor Market and Unemployment Compensation

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 21 - 35

Received: Aug 19, 2020

Accepted: Sep 23, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2020-0012

Keywords
Dual labor market, unemployment compensation, wage-led economy, Egalitarian policy, Post Keynesian, Globalization

© 2020 Taro Abe, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Dual-Labor Market and Unemployment Compensation

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 21 - 35

Received: Aug 19, 2020

Accepted: Sep 23, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2020-0012

KeywordsDual labor market, unemployment compensation, wage-led economy, Egalitarian policy, Post Keynesian, Globalization

© 2020 Taro Abe, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Dual labor market, unemployment compensation, wage-led economy, Egalitarian policy, Post Keynesian, Globalization