…Stephenson discusses the 2009 EJW article “Occupational Licensing: Scant Treatment in Labor Texts” that he … of the three textbooks that previously neglected occupational licensing were Fundamentals of Labor Economics (by Thomas … note that they have “[a]dded the topic of occupational licensing” and explain that “Occupational … The Borjas book has also added coverage of occupational licensing. The text’s current edition includes … occupational licensing as one of its “Theory at Work” …

https://econjwatch.org/news/increased-coverage-of-occupational-licensing-in-labor-economics-textbooks

…of a review essay by Uwe Reinhardt [“Does Occupational Licensing Deserve Our Approval? A Review of Work by Morris …

https://econjwatch.org/podcast/morris-kleiner-on-occupational-licensing

…article with Erin Wendt on the scant coverage of occupational licensing (OL) in labor economics textbooks. The scantiness …

https://econjwatch.org/podcast/frank-stephenson-on-occupational-licensing-and-labor-economics

…and Erin Wendt report that textbooks neglect occupational licensing. Do Economists Believe American Democracy Is …

https://econjwatch.org/issues/volume-6-issue-2-may-2009

…in Edinburgh, as well as numerous items on modern occupational licensing (listed here). Download MP3 …

https://econjwatch.org/podcast/sheilagh-ogilvie-on-900-years-of-european-guilds

…of the costs of government spending. Does occupational licensing deserve our seal of approval? Uwe Reinhardt … the Welfare Costs of Taxation Morris Kleiner on Occupational Licensing Calls for papers Call for symposium papers: …

https://econjwatch.org/issues/volume-11-issue-3-september-2014

https://econjwatch.org/articles/gournay-lives-the-freedom-of-labor-in-a-three-part-exchange-of-the-1750s

…by raising the cost of entering the occupation, occupational licensing shifts up the supply curve of the services … falls and the price of its services rises. Occupational licensing usually is defended with appeal to this … One should think, therefore, that the demand for occupational licensing would typically originate with buyers of the … buyers. In fact, however, more often than not occupational licensing has originated from those practicing the … sincerely so. But given the likely impacts of occupational licensing—reduction in the number of competitors in …

https://econjwatch.org/articles/does-occupational-licensing-deserve-our-approval-a-review-of-work-by-morris-kleiner

…that the restriction, which today would be termed occupational licensing, left those in need of a haircut at the mercy of …

https://econjwatch.org/issues/volume-15-number-3-september-2018

…Significance. McCloskey and Ziliak reply. Was Occupational Licensing Good for Minorities? Daniel Klein, Benjamin …

https://econjwatch.org/issues/volume-9-issue-3-september-2012