Arbeitspapier
Social Comparisons in Oligopsony
A large body of evidence suggests that social comparisons matter for workers' valuation of the wage they receive. The consequences of social comparisons in imperfectly competitive labor markets are less well understood. We analyze an oligopsonistic model of the labor market where workers derive (dis-) utility from comparing their own wage with wages paid at other firms. As social comparisons become more prevalent all workers are paid higher wages, the wage distribution becomes more equal, and employment shifts to high productivity firms. Moreover, the total wage bill and output increase, while aggregate profits decline. Overall welfare rises. Our theoretical results have implications for estimating the elasticity of the labor supply curve facing a firm.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10820
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Externalities
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
- Thema
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wage distribution
oligopsony
status seeking
social comparisons
functional income distribution
welfare
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Goerke, Laszlo
Neugart, Michael
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Goerke, Laszlo
- Neugart, Michael
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2017
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