$15,000
Walmart Supercenters and Monopsony Power: How a Large, Low-Wage Employer Impacts Local Labor Markets
2021
Grantees: Justin Wiltshire (opens in a new tab)
Justin Wiltshire is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, and an affiliate of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics in the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley.
His research explores the dynamic interplay of local labor market conditions, industrial composition, housing prices, migration, and government intervention.
Wiltshire received his B.A. and M.A. in economics from Simon Fraser University, and his M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Davis.
Funded Research
Authored by Justin Wiltshire
Policy
New research finds $15 minimum wages raise pay and increase employment for low-wage workers (opens in a new tab)
Blog OCT 16, 2023
By: Michael Reich, Justin Wiltshire, Carl McPherson
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Walmart is a monopsonist that depresses earnings and employment beyond its own walls, but U.S. policymakers can do something about it (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs MAR 29, 2022
By: Justin Wiltshire
Competition & Economic Dynamism
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Justin Wiltshire’s Working Papers
Academic
Minimum wage effects and monopsony explanations (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers OCT 16, 2023
By: Justin Wiltshire, Carl McPherson, Michael Reich, Denis Sosinskiy
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic
Walmart Supercenters and Monopsony Power: How a Large, Low-Wage Employer Impacts Local Labor Markets (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers JAN 28, 2022
By: Justin Wiltshire
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
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