全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity

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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w27568
来源ID	Working Paper 27568
	Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity
	Morris M. Kleiner; Ming Xu
发表日期	2020-07-20
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	We show that occupational licensing has significant negative effects on labor market fluidity defined as cross-occupation mobility. Using a balanced panel of workers constructed from the CPS and SIPP data, we analyze the link between occupational licensing and labor market outcomes. We find that workers with a government-issued occupational license experience churn rates significantly lower than those of non-licensed workers. Specifically, licensed workers are 24% less likely to switch occupations and 3% less likely to become unemployed in the following year. Moreover, occupational licensing represents barriers to entry for both non-employed workers and employed ones. The effect is more prominent for employed workers relative to those entering from nonemployment, because the opportunity cost of acquiring a license is much higher for employed individuals. Lastly, we find that average wage growth is higher for licensed workers than non-licensed workers, whether they stay in the same occupation in the next year or switch occupations. We find significant heterogeneity in the licensing effect across different occupation groups. These results hold across various data sources, time spans, and indicators of being licensed. Overall, licensing could account for almost 8% of the total decline in monthly occupational mobility over the past two decades.
主题	Public Economics ; Labor Economics ; Demography and Aging ; Labor Supply and Demand ; Labor Compensation ; Labor Market Structures ; Unemployment and Immigration ; Other ; Law and Economics
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w27568
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/585241
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Morris M. Kleiner,Ming Xu. Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity. 2020.

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