The effects of occupational licensing on labor market outcomes

Researchers use a new data source to determine that people with occupational licenses earn more than unlicensed workers.

The Impact of Occupational Licensing on Labor Market Outcomes of ...

Finally, we examine wage dispersion across licensed and unlicensed workers. 2. How Licensing Affects Labor Market Outcomes. A license conveys a legal right to ...

The Labor Market Effects of Occupational Licensing in the Public ...

Our results show that having an occupational license increases the likelihood of working in the public sector. After adjusting for the selection ...

Analyzing the Labor Market Outcomes of Occupational Licensing

The main implications of our results are that occupational regulation appears to raise the wages and benefits of government- licensed workers and to provide ...

The Impact of Occupational Licensing on Labor Market Outcomes of ...

Findings indicate significant advantages from licensing in terms of earnings and labor market participation (hours worked). Moreover, controlling for licensing ...

The Labor Market Effects of Occupational Licensing in the Public ...

Using the probability as a control for these individuals' risk aversion, we next examine how licensing impacts key labor market outcomes, such as wages, hours ...

Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Outcomes across ...

The effects of occupational licensing on labor market outcomes has risen in importance during the past 20 years. Occupational licensing is a form of a ...

Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity Morris M. Kleiner ...

We find significant heterogeneity in the licensing effect across different occupation groups. These results hold across various data sources, time spans, and ...

Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity - Cato Institute

Scholars argue that reduced fluidity has harmful consequences for productivity, real wages, and employment. Lower fluidity among licensed ...

New paper: The Labor Market Effects of Occupational Licensing in ...

... licensing impacts key labor market outcomes, such as wages, hours worked, and employment in the public sector. Our results show that having an occupational ...

Draft Analyzing the Influence of Occupational Licensing Duration on ...

Our estimates expand upon and provide evidence beyond just wage determination of the effects of licensing duration on labor market outcomes. Although not ...

The Spillover Effects of Occupational Licensing - Cato Institute

My results suggest that licensing reduces employment and wages in other occupations, particularly among certain demographic groups, exacerbating income ...

Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the ...

We use the results of a new telephone survey of the workforce conducted by Westat that ... labor market effects of occupational licensing. Specifically, we delve ...

Analyzing the Labor Market Outcomes of Occupational Licensing

Recent assessments of occupational licensing have shown varying effects of the institution on labor-market outcomes. This study revisits the ...

Evidence from Occupational Licensing - Samuel Dodini

Since the 1930s, economists have theorized about the possible consequences of imperfect labor markets (Robinson, 1933). Much of the recent empirical literature ...

Analyzing the Labor Market Outcomes of Occupational Licensing

Recent assessments of occupational licensing have shown varying effects of the institution on labor market outcomes. This study revisits the relationship ...

Analyzing the Labor Market Outcomes of Occupational Licensing

Recent assessments of occupational licensing have shown varying effects of the institution on labor-market outcomes. This study revisits the relationship ...

Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the ...

the labor market effects of occupational licensing. Specifically, we delve ... We use the results of a new telephone survey of the workforce con-.

Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the ...

The general estimates of cross-sectional studies using census data of state licensing's influence on wages with standard labor market controls show a range from ...

Occupational Licensing - Econlib

We find that employment of licensed workers increases and this comes about from higher labor force participation as well as from reductions in ...