Measuring Labor Market Power in Developing Countries: Evidence from Colombian Plants
Francesco Amodio and
Nicolás de Roux
Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, vol. 42, issue 4, 949 - 977
Abstract:
How much can employers in low- and middle-income countries suppress wages below marginal productivity? Using plant and customs data from Colombia, we exploit predetermined variation across plants in sales export destinations combined with variation in exchange rates to generate plant-specific shocks to marginal revenue productivity and labor demand. We estimate a firm-level labor supply elasticity of around 2.5, implying that workers produce about 40% more than their wage level. This result is driven by plants that account for a large share of local employment, consistent with an oligopsonistic labor market model.
Date: 2024
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