<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lavetti, Kurt</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Simon, Carol</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">White, William D.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Impacts of Restricting Mobility of Skilled Service Workers: Evidence from Physicians</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Human Resources</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019-02-07 12:02:02</style></date></pub-dates></dates><elocation-id><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0617-8840R5</style></elocation-id><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/jhr.55.3.0617-8840R5</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"></style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"></style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Why do skilled services firms use non-compete agreements (NCAs), which prohibit workers from leaving firms and competing against them? We conduct a survey of physicians linking NCA use to labor-market outcomes and firm performance, and show that by deterring poaching of patients NCAs increase the return to job-tenure, with larger effects in states with more enforceable NCA laws. These effects are consistent with NCAs enabling practices to allocate clients to new physicians through intra-firm referrals, reducing a form of investment holdup. We discuss an array of supporting suggestive evidence, but also find NCAs provide some benefits by reducing job turnover.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>