Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299927 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16999
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Participation in social groups ties members to local communities. Employers can capture these benefits as rents when geographically-specific club goods raise the cost of labor mobility. We measure ties to local clubs using the shares of households identifying with a minority religion, enrollment of children in Islamic schools, and membership in secular savings clubs. We identify larger wage markdowns where households have stronger ties to local club goods. Complementarity between labor market concentration and club goods offers an explanation of rising wage markdowns absent increasing concentration, while adding to the difficulty in separating monopsony rents from compensating wage differentials.
Subjects: 
monopsony
imperfect competition
club goods
religion
JEL: 
J42
J31
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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