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2nd Workshop on Imperfect Competition in the Labor Market
Nuremberg, Germany, 20–21 July 2026
The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) is pleased to announce our 2nd workshop on imperfect competition in the labor market. Studies addressing one of the following topics from a theoretical and/or empirical perspective are particularly welcome for presentation at the workshop:
- Models of monopsonistic and oligopsonistic competition
- Quantifying the elasticity of labor supply to the firm
- The role of firms in wage-setting and rent-sharing
- Outside options and wages
- Employment concentration and wages
- Policies to remedy imperfect competition
Please submit full papers or extended abstracts as pdf files to IAB.monopsony@iab.de until 31 March 2026. We plan to send notifications of acceptance by 28 April.
There will be no parallel sessions.
Keynote speakers
- Sydnee Caldwell (University of California, Berkeley)
- José Azar (University of Navarra)
Scientific Committee
David Card (UC Berkeley), Gökay Demir (IAB), Boris Hirsch (University of Lüneburg), Elke Jahn (IAB and University of Bayreuth), Alan Manning (London School of Economics and Political Science), Michael Oberfichtner (IAB and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), Uta Schönberg (University of Hong Kong and IAB), Todd Sorensen (UC Riverside)
Workshop Fee
There will be no conference fee for presenters of accepted papers.
Travel Costs
Participants are expected to cover their travel expenses.
