Minimum wages and appropriation of quasi-rents

Ryan Murphy ()

Economics Bulletin, 2016, vol. 36, issue 4, 2298-2300

Abstract: This note argues that the appropriation of the quasi-rents from firms to labor is a more persuasive interpretation of the effects of minimum wages than is generally recognized.

Keywords: Minimum Wages; Quasi-Rents; Unemployment; Labor Markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D2 J3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-11-29
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2016/Volume36/EB-16-V36-I4-P222.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-16-00653

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Economics Bulletin from AccessEcon
Bibliographic data for series maintained by John P. Conley ().