%0 Journal Article %A Boris Hirsch %A Elke J. Jahn %A Alan Manning %A Michael Oberfichtner %T The Urban Wage Premium in Imperfect Labor Markets %D 2022 %R 10.3368/jhr.monopsony.0119-9960R1 %J Journal of Human Resources %P S111-S136 %V 57 %N S %X Using administrative data for West Germany, we investigate 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. %U https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/wpjhr/57/S/S111.full.pdf