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Classic Monopsony or New Monopsony? : Searching for Evidence in Nursing Labor Markets

Schumacher, Edward J.; Hirsch, Barry T. - 2004

several sources, we explore the relationship between wages and measures of classic and new monopsony. Micro wage data for 1993 …-2002 provide little evidence of classic monopsonistic outcomes in the long run, the relative wages of RNs in 240 U.S. labor markets … being largely uncorrelated with market size or employer concentration. A short-run relationship is found, with RN wages …

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Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? : The Role of Worker and Job Skills

Hirsch, Barry T. - 2004

The wages of part-time workers are considerably lower than are those of full-time workers. Measurable worker and job …

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Unions, wage gaps, and wage dispersion: New evidence from the Americas

Rios-Avila, Fernando; Hirsch, Barry T. - 2012

Using a common methodology, the effects of unions on wage levels and wage dispersion are estimated for two neighboring countries, Bolivia and Chile, and for the U.S. The analysis shows that unions have broadly similar effects on the wage distribution within these three economies. The findings...

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An anatomy of racial and ethnic trends in male earnings

Winters, John V.; Hirsch, Barry T. - 2012

Progress in narrowing black-white earnings differences has been far from continuous, with some of the apparent progress resulting from labor force withdrawal among lower-skilled African Americans. This paper builds on prior research and documents racial and ethnic differences in male earnings...

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