Papers include contributions from Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, Anu Rammohan and Junran Cao from the University of Western Australia, Alfred Michael Dockery from the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Sandra Buchler from the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main and Cheryl Sykes from Curtin University. Download the full issue or individual papers on the AJLE home page. The Australian Labour Market Research Workshop 2023 Planning is underway for the return of the Aust
How uncompetitive markets hurt workers Leigh, A. This is a paper in an occasional series covering a topic of general interest to readers. Andrew Leigh, well-known labour economist formerly from ANU but now an MP and Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, presents an overview of monopsony power in the Australian labour market in a paper entitled ‘How uncompetitive markets hurt workers’. Monopsony is a somewhat neglected area of labour economics in Australia so this contribution is most w
Vol. 26 No. 1 (2023): Australian Journal of Labour Economics