Occupational Licensing of Uber Drivers

The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not represent the views or policies of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis or the National Bureau of Economic Research. We thank Jason Dolatabadi, Harry Elworthy, Libby Miskin, Mariya Shappo, and Jonathan Wang for their excellent comments and research assistance. We appreciate comments from participants at the American Economic Association Annual Meetings, Applied Mini-Conference in Economics, Carlson School of Management, Association for Policy Analysis and Management Annual Meetings, National Bureau of Economic Research Labor Studies Meetings, Occupational Licensing and Public Policy Conference at the Hoover Institution-Stanford University, Society of Labor Economics Annual Meetings, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics, University of Minnesota, Western Economic Association Annual Meetings, and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.