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
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
Journal title :
Economics Letters