. Mobility rates in other California computer clusters are similar to Silicon Valley's, suggesting some role for features of … California law that make non-compete agreements unenforceable. Consistent with our model of innovation, mobility rates outside of … computer industries are no higher in California than elsewhere. -- agglomerations ; clusters ; non-compete agreements ; human …

California. Outside of California, employers can use non-compete agreements to inhibit mobility, but these agreements are … unenforceable in California. Using new data on labor mobility we find higher rates of job-hopping for college-educated men in … Silicon Valley's computer industry than in computer clusters located out of the state. Mobility rates in other California …