Konferenzbeitrag

Profit Sharing and Relative Consumption

Traditionally, it has been argued that profit sharing can increase employment and welfare because it lowers marginal labour costs without reducing labour income. In this paper, we show that profit sharing can also represent a Pareto-improvement if labour supply is excessive due to relative consumption effects. This is the case because mandatory profit sharing reduces wages and raises the workers' profit income, thereby mitigating excessive labour supply incentives.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2012: Neue Wege und Herausforderungen für den Arbeitsmarkt des 21. Jahrhunderts - Session: Welfare Economics and Externalities ; No. G20-V3

Classification
Wirtschaft
Externalities
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Compensation Packages; Payment Methods

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Goerke, Laszlo
Event
Veröffentlichung
(when)
2012

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  • Goerke, Laszlo

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  • 2012

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