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Monopsony in Movers

The Elasticity of Labor Supply to Firm Wage Policies

Ihsaan Bassier, Arindrajit Dube and Suresh Naidu
Journal of Human Resources, April 2022, 57 (S) S50-s86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.monopsony.0319-10111R1
Ihsaan Bassier
Ihsaan Bassier is at University of Massachusetts–Amherst.
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Arindrajit Dube is at University of Massachusetts–Amherst, NBER, and IZA.
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