Manning, Alan (2010) The plant size-place effect: agglomeration and monopsony in labour markets. Journal of Economic Geography, 10 (5). pp. 717-744. ISSN 1468-2710
Abstract
This article shows, using data from both the USA and the UK, that average plant size is larger in denser markets. However, many popular theories of agglomeration-spillovers, cost advantages and improved match quality-predict that establishments should be smaller in cities. The article proposes a theory based on monopsony in labour markets-firms in all labour markets have some market power but that they have less market power in cities-that can explain the stylized fact. It also presents evidence that the labour supply curve to individual firms is more elastic in larger markets, consistent with the monopsony hypothesis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://joeg.oxfordjournals.org/content/10/5/717.fu... |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 OUP |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Sets: | Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) Departments > Economics |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2010 13:16 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/29406/ |
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