@techreport{Kleiner2008prevalence,
abstract = {This study provides the first nation-wide analysis of the labor market implications of occupational licensing for the U.S. labor market, using data from a specially designed Gallup survey. We find that in 2006, 29 percent of the workforce was required to hold an occupational license from a government agency, which is a higher percentage than that found in studies that rely on state-level occupational licensing data. Workers who have higher levels of education are more likely to work in jobs that require a license. Union workers and government employees are more likely to have a license requirement than are nonunion or private sector employees. Our multivariate estimates suggest that licensing has about the same quantitative impact on wages as do unions - that is about 15 percent, but unlike unions which reduce variance in wages, licensing does not significantly reduce wage dispersion for individuals in licensed jobs.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Morris M. Kleiner and Alan B. Krueger},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J8; 330; Occupational licensing; regulation; wages; Arbeitsmarkt; Beruf; Konzession; Genehmigung; Gewerkschaftsbewegung; USA},
language = {eng},
note = {urn:nbn:de:101:1-2008092334},
number = {3675},
publisher = {IZA},
title = {The prevalence and effects of occupational licensing},
type = {IZA Discussion Papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35147},
year = {2008}
}
