Lecture 22 Noncompetitive Factor Markets
3 questions u Market power on goods market and demand for labor u Buyers Market Power: Labor Market
Competitive Demand
Equilibrium: Competitive Model
Monopoly Demand
Equilibrium in LM w/p y
Monopoly and LM u Increasing Labor by 1 gives less than MPL of revenue u Monopoly demands less labor u The reduction of employment depends on elasticity
Monopsony u Market power on “buyers” side u Most important monopsony: Labor market u Monopsony and minimal wage rate
Monopsony
Monopsony: Secret of Happiness
Monopsony: Optimal Choice
Minimal Wage Rate
Minimal Wage rate: Monopsony u Increases Labor in equilibrium u Increases wage in equilibrium u Restores efficiency