How Much of Barrier to Entry is Occupational Licensing?

Peter Blair and Bobby Chung
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Bobby Chung: Clemson University

No 2018-092, Working Papers from Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group

Abstract: We exploit state variation in licensing laws to study the effect of licensing on occupational choice using a boundary discontinuity design. We find that licensing reduces equilibrium labor supply by an average of 17%-27%. The negative labor supply effects of licensing appear to be strongest for white workers and comparatively weaker for black workers.

Keywords: occupational licensing; Labor Supply; race; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 K23 L51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12
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