Monopsony Archives - Equitable Growth

Competition
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how strong competition among U.S. businesses affects inequality and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Anticompetitive Conduct
- Antitrust Enforcement
- Concentration
Families
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how unequal access to care, 21st century work-life policies, and education undermines stable, broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Childcare & Early Education
- Economic Wellbeing
- Health
- K-12
- Post-secondary Education
Inequality & Mobility
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how trends in economic inequality and mobility and changes in the economy have affected the concentration of wealth, income, and earnings, and how these distributional shifts have affected the promise of economic security and opportunity. More
- Topics:
- Economic Inequality
- Economic Mobility
- Economics of Place
- GDP 2.0
- Gender
- Income & Earnings Volatility
- Poverty
- Race & Ethnicity
Labor
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how inequalities in wages, bargaining power, and the evolving labor market affect workers’ economic security and opportunity as well as broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Bargaining Power
- Job Mobility
- Minimum Wage
- Monopsony
- Paid Leave
- Pay Equity
- Schedule Stability
- Unemployment Insurance
- Wage Stagnation
Tax & Macroeconomics
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how tax and macroeconomic policies can promote stable and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Business Taxation
- Climate
- Credit & Debt
- Fiscal Policy
- Individual Taxation
- Monetary Policy
- Taxes, Inequality & Growth

Topic Monopsony

Monopsony in the labor market describes employers’ ability to set wages below competitive levels, due to a variety of causes. including increased market concentration and limited job mobility. Equitable Growth digs deep to understand the many causes of monopsony in the U.S. labor market, the extent of monopsony in the labor market today, and what policies can restore balance to competition so workers can earn fair wages.

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A primer on monopsony power: Its causes, consequences, and implications for U.S. workers and economic growth

By Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

July 27, 2022

July 27, 2022

Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Monopsony

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Understanding the economics of monopsony: How labor markets work under imperfect competition

By Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

April 6, 2022

April 6, 2022

Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Monopsony

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Walmart Supercenters and Monopsony Power: How a Large, Low-Wage Employer Impacts Local Labor Markets

By Justin Wiltshire,

January 28, 2022

January 28, 2022

Justin Wiltshire,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Monopsony

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Kate Bahn testimony before the Joint Economic Committee on monopsony, workers, and corporate power

By Kate Bahn,

July 14, 2021

July 14, 2021

Kate Bahn,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Monopsony

Vision 2020

Wage and employment implications of U.S. labor market monopsony and possible policy solutions

By Sydnee Caldwell, Suresh Naidu,

February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020

Sydnee Caldwell, Suresh Naidu,

Competition Labor Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

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Understanding the importance of monopsony power in the U.S. labor market

By Kate Bahn,

July 5, 2018

July 5, 2018

Kate Bahn,

Labor

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TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Monopsony

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge: Big Ag’s monopsony problem: How market dominance harms U.S. workers and consumers

By Hiba Hafiz, Nathan Miller,

February 18, 2021

February 18, 2021

Hiba Hafiz, Nathan Miller,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration, Monopsony

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A new vision for antitrust enforcement in the United States

By Raksha Kopparam,

February 2, 2021

February 2, 2021

Raksha Kopparam,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Monopsony

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge: Why noncompete clauses in employment contracts are by and large harmful to U.S. workers and the U.S. economy

By David Balan,

January 28, 2021

January 28, 2021

David Balan,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Bargaining Power, Monopsony

working paper

Labor Non-Compete Agreements: Tool for Economic Efficiency, or Means to Extract Value from Workers?

By David Balan,

January 28, 2021

January 28, 2021

David Balan,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Concentration, Monopsony

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Employer concentration suppresses wages for several million U.S. workers: antitrust and labor market regulators should respond

By Anna Stansbury,

January 26, 2021

January 26, 2021

Anna Stansbury,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Monopsony

working paper

Employer Concentration and Outside Options

By Gregor Schubert, Anna Stansbury, Bledi Taska,

January 26, 2021

January 26, 2021

Gregor Schubert, Anna Stansbury, Bledi Taska,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Job Mobility, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

Boosting Wages

Boosting wages when U.S. labor markets are not competitive

By Ioana Marinescu,

January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021

Ioana Marinescu,

Competition Labor Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

Past Event

Ideas to Boost Wages in the New Economy: Ten Essays on Raising Wages for U.S. Workers

January 14, 2021 2:30PM - 4:00PM

Labor

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TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

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Restoring competition in the United States

By Bill Baer, Jonathan B. Baker, Michael Kades, Fiona M. Scott Morton, Nancy L. Rose, Carl Shapiro, Tim Wu,

November 19, 2020

November 19, 2020

Bill Baer, Jonathan B. Baker, Michael Kades, Fiona M. Scott Morton, Nancy L. Rose, Carl Shapiro, Tim Wu,

Competition Labor

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Monopsony

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Equitable Growth’s labor market experts deliver comment letter to U.S. Department of Labor on status of independent contractors

By Kate Bahn, Corey Husak, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

October 27, 2020

October 27, 2020

Kate Bahn, Corey Husak, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

Competition Labor Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Income & Earnings Volatility, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Pay Equity, Schedule Stability

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Wage discrimination and the exploitation of workers in the U.S. labor market

By Kate Bahn, Mark Stelzner, Emilie Openchowski,

September 15, 2020

September 15, 2020

Kate Bahn, Mark Stelzner, Emilie Openchowski,

Labor Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Monopsony, Paid Leave, Pay Equity, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Wage Stagnation

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Optimal tax policy in imperfectly competitive U.S. labor markets

By Benjamin Scuderi,

August 28, 2020

August 28, 2020

Benjamin Scuderi,

Labor Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Monopsony, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

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