monopsony

Cards (29)

  • What impact do monopsonies have on efficient labor market outcomes?
    They cause labor market imperfections
  • What defines a monopsony?
    The sole employer of labor
  • How does the number of workers employed by one employer affect monopsony power?
    More workers enable monopsony power
  • In the UK, which professions are arguably employed by a monopsony employer?
    Teachers and nurses
  • Who is the primary employer of teachers and nurses in the UK?
    The state
  • Are monopsonies wage takers or wage makers?
    Wage makers
  • How do monopsonies maximize revenue from their workers?
    Hiring where MRP equals marginal cost
  • In a monopsony labor market model, what is on the y-axis?
    Wages
  • In a monopsony labor market model, what is on the x-axis?
    Quantity of workers
  • In a monopsony labor market model, what is the demand curve for labor equal to?
    MRP
  • For a monopsony, what is the supply of labor equal to?
    Average cost of labor
  • What does the upward slope of the labor supply curve indicate for a monopsonist?
    They must increase wages to employ more
  • How does a monopsonist's wage increase affect all its workers?
    All workers receive the increase
  • Why is the marginal cost of labor greater than the average cost of labor for a monopsonist?
    All workers get the higher wage
  • Up to what point will a monopsonist employ workers?
    Where MRP equals marginal cost of labor
  • How is the wage determined for the quantity of workers employed by the monopsonist?
    Read off the supply curve
  • Where are wages and quantities determined in a competitive labor market?
    Where demand equals supply
  • How does a monopsonist's employment level compare to a competitive labor market?
    It reduces employment
  • How do wages in a monopsony labor market compare to those in a competitive labor market?
    They are lower
  • In a monopsony labor market, how does the wage compare to the MRP?
    Wage is lower than MRP
  • What does a large difference between MRP and wages indicate?
    Greater monopsony power
  • How can we measure the degree of monopsony power in a labor market?
    Compare wages to MRP
  • For a monopoly, what curve is equal to demand?
    Average revenue curve
  • What does the supply of labor tell us?
    Workers at different wage rates
  • What form does the supply curve take?
    Upward sloping linear line
  • How do you calculate the average cost of labor?
    Total cost of labor divided by quantity
  • How do you calculate the total cost of labor?
    Wage times quantity of workers
  • What is the relationship between the average cost of labor and wages?
    Average cost of labor equals wage
  • If the average cost of labor is equal to the wage and the supply curve describes quantity of workers at wages, what is also equal to the supply curve?
    The average cost of labor