Berger, David; Herkenhoff, Kyle; Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; … - 2023
We contribute a theory in which three channels interact to determine the degree of monopsony power and therefore the markdown of a worker's spot wage relative to her marginal product: (1) heterogeneity in worker-firm-specific preferences (non-wage amenities), (2) firm granularity, and (3) off-...