Monopsonistic Labour Markets and the Gender Pay Gap Theory and Empirical Evidence /

• Main Author: Hirsch, Boris (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 639
• Subjects: Microeconomics.; Economic policy.; Labor economics.; Sociology.; Economics.; Labor Economics.; Sociology, general.; Economic Policy.

This book investigates models of spatial and dynamic monopsony and their application to the persistent empirical regularity of the gender pay gap. Theoretically, the main conclusion is that employers possess more monopsony power over their female employees if women are less driven by pecuniary consi...

Table of Contents:

• Spatial Monopsony
• Simple Static Monopsony
• Short-Run Spatial Monopsony
• Long-Run Spatial Monopsony
• Spatial Monopsony and the Gender Pay Gap
• Spatial Monopsony and Regional Differences in the Gender Pay Gap
• Dynamic Monopsony
• Simple Dynamic Monopsony
• A General Equilibrium Model of Dynamic Monopsony
• Dynamic Monopsony and the Gender Pay Gap
• Concluding Remarks.