Low-Wage Workers and the Enforceability of Noncompete Agreements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lipsitz ◽  
Evan Starr
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Job Mobility ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Salaried Workers ◽  
Wage Effects ◽  
Wage Distributions ◽  
Noncompete Agreements ◽  
Hourly Workers ◽  
The Impact

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. Since only a subset of workers sign NCAs, scaling this estimate by the prevalence of NCA use in the hourly-paid population suggests that the effect on employees actually bound by NCAs may be as great as 14%–21%, though the true effect is likely lower due to labor market spillovers onto those not bound by NCAs. Whereas the positive wage effects are found across the age, education, and wage distributions, they are stronger for female workers and in occupations where NCAs are more common. The Oregon low-wage NCA ban also improved average occupational status in Oregon, raised job-to-job mobility, and increased the proportion of salaried workers without affecting hours worked. This paper was accepted by Lamar Pierce, organizations.

Book Reviews

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 558-560
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
New York University ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Welfare Impacts ◽  
Wage Effects ◽  
The Impact

Etienne Wasmer of Sciences Po and LIEPP reviews, “The Minimum Wage and Labor Market Outcomes” by Christopher J. Flinn. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Presents a model based on search and bargaining to use in investigating the impact of a minimum wage on labor market outcomes. Discusses descriptive evidence on minimum wage effects; a model of minimum wage effects on labor market careers; labor market and welfare impacts of minimum wages; minimum wage effects on labor market outcomes—a selective survey; assessing the welfare impacts of actual changes in the minimum wage; econometric issues; model estimates and tests; optimal minimum wages; the on-the-job search; and heterogeneity. Flinn is Professor of Economics at New York University and Senior Research Fellow at Collegio Carlo Alberto.”

scholarly journals The Impact of Labor Market Inequality on the Income of Medium Industry Sector’s Workers in the Palembang City-Indonesia

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Luis Marnisah ◽  
Bernadette Robiani ◽  
Tatang Suhery ◽  
Suhel Suhel
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Productivity Level ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Labor Market Inequality ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

<p>This study attempts to investigate the impact of labor market Inequality on the income of<br />medium industry sector’s worker in the Palembang City-Indonesia. Using 380 respondents<br />which covers male and female workers ranging from the age of 15 to the age of 64, this study<br />employs a proportional stratified random sampling in determining the sampling technique.<br />This study employs a survey method using in-depth investigation to explore all the facts<br />acquired about the labor market inequality in the medium industry sector. The sample area<br />includes 16 districts in the City of Palembang. The level of education, the job’s capability and<br />the working experience are some of those factors investigated in this study. The factor of<br />labor market inequality is focused on the wage and employment. The result reveals that apart<br />from the level of education, the job’s capability and working experience have a significant<br />impact on the existence of labor market inequality in the medium industry sector. It can be<br />concluded that higher level of education is inessential for the medium industry sector in<br />Palembang City-Indonesia, and this is inline with the notion that the medium industry sector<br />merely requires both working’s capability and spesified technical skills in supporting higher<br />productivity level. The inequality occurs in the wage and the job assigned. Furthermore, the<br />higher the existence of labor market inequality, the lower the income acquired by the<br />employees.</p>

scholarly journals The Wage Impact of Immigration in Germany - New Evidence for Skill Groups and Occupations

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Friedrich Steinhardt
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Native Workers ◽  
Wage Effects ◽  
Skill Groups ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Biased Estimates

Abstract This paper contributes to the ongoing debate regarding the appropriate approach to use in identifying the impact of immigration on native workers’ labor market outcomes. The initial regression analysis makes use of German administrative data and is based on the variation of foreign workers’ shares within education-experience cells over time. It confirms previous findings suggesting that immigration in Germany had no adverse impact on native wages. However, the paper highlights that in Germany immigrants and natives with similar education and experience are likely to work in different occupations. The subsequent analysis based on occupational clustering uses the same data and finds significant adverse wage effects for natives, particularly for those in basic service occupations. The paper argues, therefore, that an identification strategy based on formal education characteristics might lead to biased estimates if a country’s labor market is characterized by occupational segmentation of immigrants.

The Labor Market Impact of Mandated Employment Verification Systems

2012 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 543-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes ◽  
Cynthia Bansak
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mixed Effects ◽  
Food Services ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Verification Systems ◽  
The Impact

Employment verification systems covered about one out of four people hired in the United States in 2010. In this paper, we evaluate the impact of state-level employment verification mandates on the employment and wages of likely unauthorized workers across the entire United States between 2004 and 2010. We find that E-Verify mandates, particularly those covering all employers, significantly curtail the employment likelihood of likely unauthorized male and female workers. However, they appear to have mixed effects on wages and may redistribute likely unauthorized labor towards industries often benefiting from specific exclusions, such as agriculture or food services.

Implications of higher retirement age for the labor market

2017 ◽  
pp. 22-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ivanova ◽  
A. Balaev ◽  
E. Gurvich
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Demand ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Demographic Projections ◽  
The Impact

The paper considers the impact of the increase in retirement age on labor supply and economic growth. Combining own estimates of labor participation and demographic projections by the Rosstat, the authors predict marked fall in the labor force (by 5.6 million persons over 2016-2030). Labor demand is also going down but to a lesser degree. If vigorous measures are not implemented, the labor force shortage will reach 6% of the labor force by the period end, thus restraining economic growth. Even rapid and ambitious increase in the retirement age (by 1 year each year to 65 years for both men and women) can only partially mitigate the adverse consequences of demographic trends.

Income and Life Quality of Farmer Households Suffering Social Exclusion

2012 ◽  
pp. 63-87
Author(s):  
Anh Mai Ngoc ◽  
Ha Do Thi Hai ◽  
Huyen Nguyen Thi Ngoc
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Statistical Method ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Economic Aspect ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
The Impact

This study uses descriptive statistical method to analyze the income and life qual- ity of 397 farmer households who are suffering social exclusion in an economic aspect out of a total of 725 households surveyed in five Northern provinces of Vietnam in 2010. The farmers’ opinions of the impact of the policies currently prac- ticed by the central government and local authorities to give them access to the labor market are also analyzed in this study to help management officers see how the poli- cies affect the beneficiaries so that they can later make appropriate adjustments.

The Impact of the Public Expenditure Cuts Policy on the Labor Market in Vietnam

2012 ◽  
pp. 22-46
Author(s):  
Huong Nguyen Thi Lan ◽  
Toan Pham Ngoc
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Impact Evaluation ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium Model ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of public expenditure cuts on employment and income to support policies for the development of the labor mar- ket. Impact evaluation is of interest for policy makers as well as researchers. This paper presents a method – that is based on a Computable General Equilibrium model – to analyse the impact of the public expenditure cuts policy on employment and income in industries and occupations in Vietnam using macro data, the Input output table, 2006, 2008 and the 2010 Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey.

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