PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Boris Hirsch
AU  - Elke J. Jahn
AU  - Alan Manning
AU  - Michael Oberfichtner
TI  - The Urban Wage Premium in Imperfect Labor Markets
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.monopsony.0119-9960R1
DP  - 2020 Nov 10
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 0119-9960R1
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2020/11/04/jhr.monopsony.0119-9960R1.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2020/11/04/jhr.monopsony.0119-9960R1.full
AB  - Using administrative data for West Germany, this paper investigates whether part of the urban wage premium stems from greater competition in denser labor markets. We show that employers possess less wage-setting power in denser markets. We further document that an important part of the observed urban wage premia can be explained by greater competition in denser labor markets.