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Oligopsonistic Landlords, Segmented Labor Markets, and the Persistence of Tied‐Labor Contracts

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2002
AbstractThis article examines contractual labor arrangements in agrarian economies that persist as a consequence of market power on the part of landlords faced with output uncertainty. We show that a segmented labor market characterized by tied‐labor contracts and involuntary unemployment in the lean season are optimal as compared to a labor hiring ...
Arnab Basu
exaly   +3 more sources

Labor Market Pooling, Outsourcing and Contracts in Chamberlinian Regions [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
Economic regions, such as urban agglomerations, face external demand and price shocks that produce income risk. Workers in large and diversified agglomerations may benefit from reduced wage volatility, while firms may outsource the production of intermediate goods and realize benefits from Chamberlinian externalities.
PICARD, Pierre M., WILDASIN, David E.
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Outsourcing, labor market pooling, and labor contracts

Journal of Urban Economics, 2011
This paper considers the interaction between input sharing and labor market pooling in urban areas. In particular, it examines the impact of the size of a city and business risks on the organizational structures of firms located in urban agglomerations, and it also discusses the impact of organizational structure on incentives to insure workers against
Pierre M. Picard, David E. Wildasin
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Labor market contracting and wage dispersion

Journal of Labor Research, 1988
This paper uses a variety of data sources to document the effect of long-term contracts (LTCs) on wage dispersion. The paper first shows that LTCs are responsible for the decrease in wage dispersion observed as labor markets tighten; absent LTCs (as in most other advanced nations outside North America), this effect does not exist.
Sanford M. Jacoby, Maury Y. Pearl
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