PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hirsch, Boris
AU  - Jahn, Elke J.
AU  - Manning, Alan
AU  - Oberfichtner, Michael
TI  - The Urban Wage Premium in Imperfect Labor Markets
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.monopsony.0119-9960R1
DP  - 2022 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - S111--S136
VI  - 57
IP  - S
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/57/S/S111.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/57/S/S111.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2022 Apr 01; 57
AB  - 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.