Monopsony, Job Tasks, and Labor Market Concentration.

Autor/inn/en	Dodini, Samuel; Lovenheim, Michael F.; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willén, Alexander
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Monopsony, Job Tasks, and Labor Market Concentration. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Monopoliesierung, Arbeitsaufgaben und Arbeitsmarktkonzentration.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass. (2023), 86 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper / National Bureau of Economic Research. 30823
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
DOI	10.3386/w30823
Schlagwörter	Arbeitskräftebedarf; Betriebsstilllegung; Monopol; Nachfrage; Norwegen; Tätigkeitsmerkmal; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; Unternehmenskonzentration; Auswirkung; Qualifikation; Massenentlassung; Berufsgruppe; Qualifikationsanforderung; Beschäftigungseffekt; Betriebsstilllegung; Massenentlassung; Monopol; Nachfrage; Unternehmenskonzentration; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Berufsgruppe; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsanforderung; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; Tätigkeitsmerkmal; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Einflussfaktor; Norwegen
Abstract	"This paper extends the literature on monopsony and labor market concentration by taking a task-based approach and estimating the causal effect of concentration in the demand for skills on labor market outcomes. The prior literature has focused on industry and occupation concentration and likely overstates the degree of monopsony power, since worker skills are substitutable across different firms, occupations, and industries. Exploiting linked employer-employee data that cover the universe of Norwegian workers over time, we find that our job task-based measure shows lower degrees of concentration than the conventional industry-and occupation-based measures. We also find that the gender gap in concentration is substantially larger using this measure. Exploiting mass layoffs and establishment closures as exogenous shocks to local labor demand, we show that workers who experience a mass separation have substantially worse subsequent labor market outcomes when they are in more concentrated labor markets defined by skill clusters. Our results point to the existence of employer market power in the economy that is driven by the concentration of skill demand across firms." The study refers to the period 2003-2017. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1