A recent economics study seeks to quantify just how much noncompete clauses restrict worker mobility and wages.
Mobility has been on the decline for decades.
!["The estimates range between 18% and 40% of the American workforce is impacted by [noncompete] agreements," said Marketplace senior economics contributor Chris Farrell.](https://img.apmcdn.org/3da6ccdded2e438631d037acca5185fc8f6efc78/uncropped/92af08-2024-01-gettyimages-1164219871-e1705075165328-webp2000.webp)
