The employer size-wage effect: Can dynamic monopsony provide an explanation?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 433-455

  Green, Francis ^a   Machin, Stephen ^b   Manning, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MONOPSONY; EMPLOYER SIZE; LABOUR MARKET; MONOPSONY POWER; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAGE IMPLICATION;

EID: 0030319248     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.oep.a028577     Document Type: Article

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