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Articles by Michael Lipsitz
The Labor Market Effects of Legal Restrictions on Worker Mobility
We analyze how the legal enforceability of noncompete agreements (NCAs) affects labor markets. Using newly constructed panel data, we find that higher NCA enforceability diminishes workers’ earnings and job mobility, with larger effects among workers most likely to sign NCAs. These effects are far-reaching: increasing enforceability imposes externalities on workers across state borders, suggesting broad effects on labor market dynamism.
The Labor Market Effects of Legal Restrictions on Worker Mobility
Skip to main content We thank Kevin Lang, Eric Posner, and Johannes Schmieder for their helpful comments, as well as audience members at Miami University, Carolina Region Empirical Economics Day, the Annual Meeting of the Society of Labor Economists, UC Davis, University of Hawaii, Duke University, Ohio State University, the Russell Sage Foundation Non-Standard Work Meeting, Haverford College, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, and the...
Innovation and the Enforceability of Noncompete Agreements
We thank Ashish Arora, Wes Cohen, Olga Malkova, Devesh Raval, and David Schmidt for feedback, as well as participants in seminars at Duke University, the University of Maryland, and UW Madison, and presentations at the 2022 APPAM Research Conference, 2022 Wharton People and Organizations Conference, and 2023 Southeastern Micro Labor Workshop.
Low-Wage Workers and the Enforceability of Noncompete Agreements
We exploit the 2008 Oregon ban on noncompete agreements (NCAs) for hourly-paid workers to provide the first evidence on the impact of NCAs on low-wage workers. We find that banning NCAs for hourly workers increased hourly wages by 2%–3% on average.
Why are Low-Wage Workers Signing Noncompete Agreements?
Matthew S. Johnson and Michael Lipsitz⇑ Matthew Johnson is an Assistant Professor of public policy at Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy. Michael Lipsitz is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Miami University, Farmer School of Business. Corresponding author: Michael Lipsitz lipsitm{at}miamioh.edu. Abstract Policymakers are concerned by evidence that noncompete agreements (NCAs) are widely used in low-wage jobs.
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