Human Capital Externalities with Monopsonistic Competition

11 Pages Posted: 6 Oct 2008

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Leo Kaas

Goethe University Frankfurt; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Abstract

This paper provides a novel microeconomic foundation for pecuniary human capital externalities in a labor market model of monopsonistic competition. Multiple equilibria arise because of a strategic complementarity in investment decisions.

Keywords: externalities, human capital, multiple equilibria

JEL Classification: D43, J24

Suggested Citation

Kaas, Leo, Human Capital Externalities with Monopsonistic Competition. IZA Discussion Paper No. 3729, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1278930 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1278930

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