Hourly Workers Are Likely.....

1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 136
Keyword(s):  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lipsitz ◽  
Evan Starr

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.


ILR Review ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheldon E. Haber ◽  
Robert S. Goldfarb

Human capital studies do not usually consider whether an individual is paid an hourly wage or a salary. The authors of this paper develop a conceptual framework that explains why some workers are paid salaries and predicts that salaried workers will invest more in human capital than will hourly workers. In particular, this prediction hinges on the differing effort incentives facing hourly and salaried workers, and their employers, in jobs that are paced versus unpaced. Empirical evidence supporting this prediction and other hypotheses implied by the proposed framework is presented using data on individuals covering a 16-month period in 1984–85 from the Bureau of Census Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), a longitudinal survey.


1971 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles S. Telly ◽  
Wendell L. French ◽  
William G. Scott

1996 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emil J. Posavac ◽  
Dennis E. Dew ◽  
R. Scott Tindale ◽  
Bernard L. Dugoni ◽  
Susan Sheffey ◽  
...  

1992 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Author(s):  
James P. Guthrie ◽  
Edward P. Cunningham

1996 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emil J. Posavac ◽  
Dennis E. Dew ◽  
R. Scott Tindale ◽  
Bernard L. Dugoni ◽  
Susan Sheffey ◽  
...  

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