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Author: Madden, Janice F.
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1. Madden, Janice F.
An Analysis of the Spatial Elasticity of Labor Supply
Papers of the Regional Science Association 39 (1977): 157-171
Cohort(s): Mature Women, Older Men
Publisher: Regional Science Association International
Keyword(s): Employment; Job Tenure; Marital Status; Mobility; Mobility, Job; Monopsony Employers; Wages

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This study estimates the wage elasticity of labor supply to the firm, focusing particularly on race and sex differences in those elasticities. Men and whites are found to have slightly greater elasticities than women and blacks. The generally high degree of spatial wage inelasticity found for all the race-sex-marital status groupings is noteworthy. These elasticities suggest a work force which is highly unlikely to change jobs due to wage differentials. Since potential mobility is the only force to prompt an interrelation of wage rates, this study concludes that the spatial immobility of the work force creates varying degrees of monopsony employers in local labor markets.
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Madden, Janice F. "An Analysis of the Spatial Elasticity of Labor Supply." Papers of the Regional Science Association 39 (1977): 157-171.