of monopsony. We use an exogenous change in wages at Veterans Affairs hospitals as a natural experiment to investigate … the extent of monopsony in the nurse labor market. In contrast to much of the prior literature, we estimate that labor …

of monopsony. We use an exogenous change in wages at Veterans Affairs hospitals as a natural experiment to investigate … the extent of monopsony in the nurse labor market. In contrast to much of the prior literature, we estimate that labor …

The market for hospital registered nurses (RNs) is often offered as an example of "classic" monopsony, while a "new …" monopsony literature emphasizes firm labor supply being upwardsloping for reasons other than market structure. Using data from … several sources, we explore the relationship between wages and measures of classic and new monopsony. Micro wage data for 1993 …

When employers face a trade-off between growing large and paying low wages - that is, when they have monopsony power … smaller. A model with labor market monopsony, product market power, and customer acquisition matching these features of the …