Monopsony power and relative wages in the labor market for nurses
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Monopsony power and relative wages in the labor market for nurses.
This paper examines the thesis that monopsony power is an important determinant of wages in nursing labor markets. Using data from the 1985-93 Current Population Surveys, measures of relative nurse/non-nurse wage rates for 252 labor markets are constructed. Contrary to predictions from the monopsony model, no positive relationship exists between relative nursing wages and hospital density or ma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Health Economics
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0167-6296
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6296(95)00013-8