Is Policy Coordination a Good Idea? Public Inputs and Policy Harmonization with Skilled and Unskilled Workers

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-440
Author(s):  
Raymond G. Batina
Keyword(s):  
Tax Competition ◽  
Policy Coordination ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Input ◽  
Public Inputs ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Labor ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Workers ◽  
Total Welfare

We extend the classic Zodrow–Mieszkowski model of tax competition with a public input to the case where there is skilled and unskilled labor. The policy rule governing the optimal provision of the public input contains a new term capturing an equity effect that takes into account the disparity in wages between skilled and unskilled workers. The equity effect can work in the opposite direction of efficiency. Under a coordinated policy reform across countries, total welfare improves unambiguously if the public input is underprovided prior to the reform and a concern for equity enhances the effect of improved efficiency on welfare. However, total welfare may also improve even if the public input is initially overprovided if the improvement in the unskilled wage due to the reform is large enough.

scholarly journals The Economic Impact of Immigration on Domestic Employment in a Dual Economy: A New Sustainable Challenge

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Luigi Aldieri ◽  
Bruna Bruno ◽  
Concetto Paolo Vinci
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Dual Economy ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Two Sectors ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Workers

This paper examines the impact of immigration within an economy based on two sectors, facing administered wages. It is characterized by skilled and unskilled workers. It will be shown that immigration has no effects on skilled employment and negative consequences on employment of unskilled labor.

scholarly journals Impact of Skilled and Unskilled Labor on Project Performance Using Structural Equation Modeling Approach

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402091459
Author(s):  
Shahid Hussain ◽  
Wang Xuetong ◽  
Talib Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
The Public ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Labor ◽  
Public Construction ◽  
Labor Skills

Construction labors play critical roles in executing the project. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to provide and review using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach that the skilled and unskilled labor force impact on project performance which has been overlooked in the previous literature in the context of the public construction industry in developing countries, like Pakistan. To achieve the objective of this study, a hypothetical model was developed and empirically examined by using Structural Equation Modeling. Data were gathered through a questionnaire survey method. In total, 400 construction practitioners responded to the questionnaire on behalf of their organization. The results revealed that unskilled labor has a significant negative impact on project performance during the construction phase, whereas the results confirmed that skilled labors have a significant positive impact on project performance in enhancing the success rate of the project in the public construction industry. These results could be used by construction experts to elaborate a broader and rooted view of the labor skills affecting the project performance. The results provide adequate information to policy and decision makers concerning labor skills being a compulsory part of the operational strategy in accelerating the better execution and success of construction projects. The current study adds to the construction project management literature by examining the effect of labor skills on project performance positively or negatively, and the hypothesized model was developed that should be adopted by practitioners to ascertain labor skills for the successful execution of the project.

scholarly journals The Effects of the Chinese Imports on Brazilian Manufacturing Workers

Economies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Lourenço S. Paz ◽  
Kul Prasad Kapri
Keyword(s):  
Household Survey ◽  
The Other ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Import Penetration ◽  
Informal Workers ◽  
Penetration Effect ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Workers

This study examines the impacts of imports from China and from the Rest of the World (ROW) on the wages of Brazilian manufacturing workers during 2000–2012. In this period, import penetration in Brazil grew by 25 percent, and the Chinese share of it increased from 3 to 20 percent. Using household survey data that encompass both formal and informal workers, we find that imports from China and from the ROW had different effects on manufacturing skilled and unskilled workers’ wages. Both the skilled and unskilled workers were negatively affected by an increase in the Chinese import penetration of intermediate inputs. For skilled workers, the ROW import penetration effect was negative for labor-intensive industries and positive for the other industries, while the Chinese import penetration had a positive effect on skilled workers’ wages. For the unskilled workers, we find that those in unskilled-labor intensive industries experienced positive impacts from both China and ROW import penetrations, whereas larger import penetrations reduced the wages for unskilled workers in the other industries.

Acid-Causing Emission Standards in Alberta: The Standard-Setting Process, Enforcement and Forums

1985 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Shelley N. Phillips ◽  
Gale L. Pretash
Keyword(s):  
Standard Setting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Input ◽  
Emission Standards ◽  
Setting Process ◽  
Scientific Analysis

The implementation and enforcement of standards regulating acid-causing emissions in Alberta are examined in this paper. Also addressed are the available forums for public input, the need for further scientific analysis and better communication between government, industry and the public.

scholarly journals Can Political Trust Help to Explain Elite Policy Support and Public Behaviour in Times of Crisis? Evidence from the United Kingdom at the Height of the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. 003232172098090
Author(s):  
James Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
Policy Coordination ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
Effective Governance ◽  
Policy Success ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk

Trust between representatives and citizens is regarded as central to effective governance in times of peace and uncertainty. This article tests that assumption by engaging elite and mass perspectives to provide a 360-degree appraisal of vertical and horizontal policy coordination in a crisis scenario. Specifically, a multi-dimensional conception of political trust, anchored in psychological studies of interpersonal relations, is operationalised in the context of the United Kingdom’s response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Detailed analysis of data collected from 1045 members of the public and more than 250 elected politicians suggests that particular facets of political trust and distrust may have contributed to levels of mass behavioural compliance and elite policy support in the UK at the height of the COVID-19 crisis. These findings help to evaluate policy success during a unique and challenging moment while contributing theoretically and methodologically to broader studies of political trust and governance.

Immigration and Security—Post 9/11 United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-472
Author(s):  
Nalanda Roy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Family Reunification ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
The Us ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Labor ◽  
The Way

AbstractThis article explores the changing relationship between immigration and security in the post-9/11 United States. When it comes to immigration before 9/11, security was not the overarching concern in the US; rather, the focus was on economic interest, skilled and unskilled labor, family reunification, etc. However, immediately after 9/11, security became indisputably prioritized. In fact, September 11 changed the way Americans started to look at security, and this led to a thickening of the balance between the two.

scholarly journals Real Urban Wage in an Agricultural Economy Without Landless Farmers: Serbia 1862-1910

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boško Mijatović ◽  
Branko Milanovic
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Agricultural Economy ◽  
Modest Increase ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Agricultural Societies ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Workers

The paper presents the first estimate of the welfare ratio for Serbia using the 19th and early 20th century data on wages of skilled and unskilled workers (including the part paid in kind) and prices of goods that enter into “subsistence” and “respectability” consumption baskets. It finds a stagnation of unskilled wage close to the welfare ratio of 1, and a modest increase in skilled wage. The paper introduces several adjustments to conventional methodology in order to make it more relevant for predominantly agricultural societies. (Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Working Paper)

scholarly journals Spatial Dynamics of Internal Migration Flows of the Skilled and Unskilled in Mexico

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Flores Segovia ◽  
Eliud Silva
Keyword(s):  
Internal Migration ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Relative Concentration ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Geographical Patterns ◽  
Economic Agglomeration ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Labor ◽  
Migratory Patterns ◽  
Relationship Of

ABSTRACT: The dynamics of the internal migration is a crucial element in the composition of the workforce of a certain region, so its analysis contributes to the better understanding of labor markets and sociodemographic changes in a region. In order to characterize the most recent patterns of migratory flows of skilled and unskilled labor, census data are considered for the periods 1995-2000, 2005-2010 and 2010-2015. The analysis considers different indicators that describe the intensity and relative concentration of interstate migration. Changes in migratory patterns are evident; a lower concentration of internal migration whose effect is more marked for unskilled labor. That is, it is observed that the number of states that play a preponderant role in the redistribution of labor in Mexico has increased. The relationship of domestic labor mobility is evident to the regional transformation as a result of new geographical patterns of location of investment, production and economic agglomeration.

scholarly journals A study on the effect of productivity on the wage level, with emphasis on the productivity of skilled and unskilled labor

Accounting ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 93-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Akbari Fard ◽  
Sayyed Abdolmajid Jalaee ◽  
Seyed Bagher Fazayel Ardakani
Keyword(s):  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Wage Level ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Labor

scholarly journals Does Plant Size Matter? Differential Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Wages and Employment in Indian Manufacturing

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shruti Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
Size Matter ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Workers

This paper examines the differential effects, based on the size of the plant, of industry-level foreign direct investment (FDI) on plant-level employment and the wages of skilled and unskilled workers in India's manufacturing sector. On average, there are strong positive differential effects of increased inward-level FDI for large plants relative to small and average-sized plants in terms of employment and the average wages of both skilled and unskilled workers. Small plants experience negative effects from inward FDI, which can be explained by intra-industry reallocation of output from smaller to larger plants. After conducting a regional analysis, I find positive spillovers to small plants in Indian states that receive large and persistent flows of FDI. This suggests that a critical mass of FDI is necessary for small plants to experience positive spillover effects.

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