Does employer concentration reduce labor force participation?

Chen, Anqi, Laura D. Quinby, and Gal Wettstein. “Does employer concentration reduce labor force participation?”. Issue in Brief 22-7, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, May 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109481.
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Abstract

The brief's key findings are: (1) The labor force participation of prime-age workers has been declining steadily in recent decades. (2) One reason may be the growing concentration of employers in local labor markets, which can lower wages by reducing competition for workers. (3) The analysis finds that, indeed, markets with higher employer concentration are more likely to have lower labor force participation rates. (4) The results also show that when workers have their own bargaining power through unions to counteract employer concentration, this relationship is weaker.

Title
Does employer concentration reduce labor force participation?
Author
Chen, Anqi
Quinby, Laura D.
Wettstein, Gal
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
report
Date Issued
May 2022
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
Issue in Brief
Series Number
22-7
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109481
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Subject
Older Workers

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