How Much of Barrier to Entry is Occupational Licensing?
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.
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Copy CitationPeter Q. Blair and Bobby W. Chung, "How Much of Barrier to Entry is Occupational Licensing?," NBER Working Paper 25262 (2018), https://doi.org/10.3386/w25262.
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Peter Q. Blair & Bobby W. Chung, 2019. "How Much of Barrier to Entry is Occupational Licensing?," British Journal of Industrial Relations, vol 57(4), pages 919-943. citation courtesy of 
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