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工会、买方垄断与权力
劳动力的单一买方雇佣人数更少、支付的工资低于竞争性基准；工会是劳动者一侧的垄断镜像；而在买方垄断占主导的领域，恰当地设定最低工资可以同时提高工资和就业。
1. One employer in a town
One employer in a town
2. The minimum wage surprise
The minimum wage surprise
3. The union's monopoly
The union's monopoly
4. Power's policy map
Power's policy map
5. The monopsony outcome
A monopsonist faces upward-sloping labor supply. Why does its marginal cost of labor exceed the wage?
6. The minimum wage under monopsony
Why can a modest minimum wage raise employment in a monopsony labor market?
7. The competitive yardstick
A competitive town would employ 50 nurses at 80 thousand a year. The monopsonist hospital employs 40 nurses at 60 thousand. Compute the total shortfall in the hospital's wage bill relative to the competitive benchmark, in millions of dollars.
8. The curve above the curve
A monopsonist faces upward-sloping labor supply. Why does its marginal cost of labor exceed the wage?
9. The minimum wage's surprise
Why can a modest minimum wage raise employment in a monopsony labor market?
10. The employment shortfall
A competitive town would employ 60 nurses at 90 thousand a year, but the monopsonist hospital hires only 45 at 75 thousand. Compute the employment shortfall in nurses, and write the number.