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Is Imperfect Competition in the Product Market Relevant for Labour Markets?

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Is Imperfect Competition in the Product Market Relevant for Labour Markets?

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Author InfoChristoph Weiss Abstract Recent research in macroeconomics emphasises the importance of imperfect competition in the product market for labour market outcomes. We investigate one aspect of this issue by specifying a dynamic labour demand model where firms face different degrees of competition in the product market and test its predictions for 299 US manufacturing industries. We find that the long-run equilibrium level of industry employment as well as the speed of labour demand adjustment decreases with market power. Our results imply that imperfect competition in the product market explains part of the observed labour market rigidities and also sheds new light on two “stylized facts” in industrial organisation, the observation of procyclical movements in productivity and price-cost margins in concentrated industries. Copyright Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and Blackwell Publishers Ltd. 1998. Download InfoTo download: If you experience problems downloading a file, check if yo

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