of monopsony fail to use firm-level wage variation. I address this by using the estimated firm wage premia to estimate … how wages are related to rent-sharing and monopsony power. I find that the average worker switching from a firm in the 25 … distribution of monopsony, as measured by the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index in industry-by-local labour market hires, decreases wages …

Using a semi-structural approach based on a dynamic monopsony model, we examine to what extent workers performing … different job tasks are exposed to different degrees of monopsony power, and whether these differences in monopsony power have … degree of monopsony power than workers performing routine or non-routine manual tasks. Job-specific human capital and non …