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dc.contributor.author | Kleiner, Morris M. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Krueger, Alan B. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-09-25 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-07T11:34:09Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-07-07T11:34:09Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.pi | urn:nbn:de:101:1-2008092334 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35147 | - |
dc.description.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. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x3675 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J8 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Occupational licensing | en |
dc.subject.keyword | regulation | en |
dc.subject.keyword | wages | en |
dc.subject.stw | Arbeitsmarkt | en |
dc.subject.stw | Beruf | en |
dc.subject.stw | Konzession | en |
dc.subject.stw | Genehmigung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Gewerkschaftsbewegung | en |
dc.subject.stw | USA | en |
dc.title | The prevalence and effects of occupational licensing | - |
dc.type | |aWorking Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 578526824 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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