Oligopsony and the distribution of wages

European Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 371-399

  Bhaskar, V ^a   To, Ted ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor theory; Minimum wage; Monopsony; Oligopsony; Wage differentials; Wage dispersion

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MINIMUM WAGE; MODEL; SPILLOVER EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0037376773     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00180-5     Document Type: Article

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