Good Jobs versus Bad Jobs
构建了一个非竞争性劳动力市场模型,其中高工资(好)和低工资(坏)工作并存。最低工资和失业补助将就业结构转向高工资工作,从而提高平均劳动生产率和福利。
This article develops a model of noncompetitive labor markets in which high-wage (good) and low-wage (bad) jobs coexist. Minimum wages and unemployment benefits shift the composition of employment toward high-wage jobs. Because the composition of jobs in the laissez-faire equilibrium is inefficiently biased toward low-wage jobs, these labor market regulations increase average labor productivity and may improve welfare. Copyright 2001 by University of Chicago Press.