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008 090623s2009 mau sb 000 0 eng
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100 1 $aKleiner, Morris M.
245 10 $aAnalyzing the extent and influence of occupational licensing on the labor market$h[electronic resource] /$cMorris M. Kleiner, Alan B. Krueger.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bNational Bureau of Economic Research,$cc2009.
490 1 $aNBER working paper series ;$vworking paper 14979
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 6/23/2009.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"This study examines the extent and influence of occupational licensing in the U.S. using a specially designed national labor force survey. Specifically, we provide new ways of measuring occupational licensing and consider what types of regulatory requirements and what level of government oversight contribute to wage gains and variability. Estimates from the survey indicated that 35 percent of employees were either licensed or certified by the government, and that 29 percent were fully licensed. Another 3 percent stated that all who worked in their job would eventually be required to be certified or licensed, bringing the total that are or eventually must be licensed or certified by government to 38 percent. We find that licensing is associated with about 14 percent higher wages, but the effect of governmental certification on pay is much smaller. Licensing by multiple political jurisdictions is associated with the highest wage gains relative to only local licensing. Specific requirements by the government for a worker to enter an occupation, such as education level and long internships, are positively associated with wages. We find little association between licensing and the variance of wages, in contrast to unions. Overall, our results show that occupational licensing is an important labor market phenomenon that can be measured in labor force surveys"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
700 1 $aKrueger, Alan B.
710 2 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 $aWorking paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;$vworking paper no. 14979.
856 40 $uhttp://papers.nber.org/papers/w14979