American slavery and labour market power

S. Naidu
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ABSTRACT In this article I discuss the micro-economics of American slavery in light of recent research on monopsonistic labour markets. I argue that the defining characteristic of coerced labour, the threat of violence to prevent voluntary quits from a job, can be helpfully understood by contrasting it with free labour markets that are riven with imperfect competition and agency problems. American slavery looks closer to the textbook competitive model of labour markets than does free labour.
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美国奴隶制与劳动力市场力量
摘要在这篇文章中,我结合最近对单一劳动力市场的研究,讨论了美国奴隶制的微观经济学。我认为,通过将强迫劳动与充斥着不完全竞争和代理问题的自由劳动力市场进行对比,可以更好地理解强迫劳动的定义特征,即阻止自愿辞职的暴力威胁。美国的奴隶制看起来更接近教科书上的劳动力市场竞争模式,而不是自由劳动力。
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