Differences in Labor Supply to Monopsonistic Firms and the Gender Pay Gap: An Empirical Analysis Using Linked Employer‐Employee Data from Germany

This article investigates women’s and men’s labor supply to the firm within a semistructural approach based on a dynamic model of new monopsony. Using methods of survival analysis and a large linked employer‐employee data set for Germany, we find that labor supply elasticities are small (1.9–3.7) an...

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Volume:	28
Main Author:	Boris Hirsch Thorsten Schank Claus Schnabel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade Academic
Place of publication:	The University of Chicago Press 01.04.2010 University of Chicago Press
published in:	Journal of labor economics Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 291 - 330
Data of publication:	20100400
ISSN:	0734-306X 1537-5307
EISSN:	1537-5307
Alternate Title:	Labor Supply to Monopsonistic Firms
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Labor supply Labor supply elasticity Employment Price elasticity of supply Men Gender wage gap Gender discrimination Monopsony Wages Employment discrimination Labor market Analysis Forecasts and trends Germany
Online Access:	Fulltext
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