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| Title: | | The prevalence and effects of occupational licensing  |
| Authors: | | Kleiner, Morris M. Krueger, Alan B. |
| Issue Date: | | 2008 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 3675 |
| 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. |
| Subjects: | | Occupational licensing regulation wages |
| JEL: | | J8 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-2008092334 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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