The Effect of Franchise No-Poaching Restrictions on Worker Earnings
Abstract We evaluate the nationwide impact of the Washington State Attorney General's 2018-20 enforcement campaign against no-poach clauses in franchising contracts, which prohibited worker movement across locations within a chain. Implementing a staggered difference-in-differences research design using Burning Glass Technologies job vacancies and Glassdoor salary reports from numerous industries, we estimate a 6% increase in posted annual earnings from the job vacancy data and a 4% increase in worker-reported earnings.
Authors
- Brian Callaci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0078-9091)
- Sérgio Pinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6910-0128)
- Matthew Gibson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1127-001X)
- Marshall Steinbaum
- Matt Walsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3845-6674)
Institutions
- Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (PT)
- University of Utah (US)
- Williams College (US)
- Burning Rock Biotech (China) (CN)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Review of Economics and Statistics
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01544
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.65