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Jiancai Pi, Pengqing Zhang

Horizontal Mergers and Wage Inequality

Rubrik: Articles
Jahrgang 174 (2018) / Heft 3, S. 495-513 (19)
Publiziert 05.09.2018
DOI 10.1628/093245617X14996661407785
Veröffentlicht auf Englisch.
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This paper incorporates horizontal mergers into the general-equilibrium framework embedded with game theory and separately analyzes how horizontal mergers in the skilled sector and the unskilled sector influence the skilled-unskilled wage inequality. In an economy with full employment, a horizontal merger in the skilled sector will certainly reduce the wage gap. In an economy with unem-ployment, a horizontal merger in the skilled sector will conditionally expand the wage inequality. Whether in an economy with full employment or in an economy with unemployment, a horizontal merger in the unskilled sector will conditionally widen the wage gap.