Title of article
Dealing with monopsony power: Employment subsidies vs. minimum wages
Author/Authors
Eric Strobl، نويسنده , , Frank Walsh، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Pages
7
From page
83
To page
89
Abstract
We show in a monopsony model that accounting for changes in hours a minimum wage has ambiguous effects on employment and welfare. When all workers have the same preference ordering over leisure and consumption employment subsidies unambiguously improve welfare. Many countries have minimum wages and also tax minimum wage workers
Keywords
Monopsony , Minimum wages , hours worked
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2007
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
436119
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