Scholarly Comments on Academic Economics

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Occupational Licensing: Scant Treatment in Labor Texts

published May 2009 in Archive

Occupational Licensing: Scant Treatment in Labor Texts e. Frank … of labor market regulation. Table 1: Coverage of Occupational Licensing, Unionization, and the Minimum Wage in Labor … Economics Textbooks Currently in Print Textbook occupational licensing coverage minimum Wage coverage unionization … labor texts have a long history of neglecting occupational licensing.3 in the remainder of this paper we review the … economic literature on occupational licensing. although the labor texts’ coverage of the …

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Occupational Licensing and Minorities: A Reply to Klein, Powell, and Vorotnikov

published Sep 2012 in Archive

…published our article titled “Effects of Occupational Licensing Laws on Minorities: Evidence from the Progressive … the impact of the adoption of state-level occupational licensing regulation on the participation of minority … by the fact that different states adopted occupational licensing regulation at different times, to identify the … quality is difficult to determine. In “Was Occupational Licensing Good for Minorities? A Critique of Marc Law and … how we measure the timing and restrictiveness of occupational licensing; and (vi) the omission of controls for interstate …

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Was Occupational Licensing Good for Minorities? A Critique of Marc Law and Mindy Marks

published Sep 2012 in Archive

…and Mindy S. Marks entitled, “Effects of Occupational Licensing Laws on Minorities: Evidence from the Progressive … say: “This paper investigates the effect of occupational licensing reg­ulation on the representation of … quote Walter E. Williams, an outspoken critic of occupational licensing. The quotation represents the viewpoint … questioned by Law and Marks; it reads: “Occupational licensing coupled with white-dominated craft unions has … understanding of the conse­quences of occupational licensing. After scrutinizing the article, however, we find …

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Licensing Doctors: Do Economists Agree?

published Aug 2004 in Archive

…B. Ekelund, Jr., and John D. Jackson. 2003. Occupational Licensing of a Credence Good: The Regulation of Midwifery. … 11(): 79-110. Benham, Lee. 1980. The Demand for Occupational Licensing. In Occupational Licensure and Regulation, ed. … Sidney L. and Robert J. Gaston. 1979. State Occupational Licensing Provisions and Quality of Service: The Real … and Economics 1: 1-13. Dorsey, Stuart. 1980. The Occupational Licensing Queue. The Journal of Human Resources 15(3): … and Michael B. Nichol. 1989. Public Members on Occupational Licensing Boards: Effects on Legislative Regulatory …

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Economics Professors’ Voting, Policy Views, Favorite Economists, and Frequent Lack of Consensus

published Jan 2013 in Archive

…not previously asked, including abortion and occupational licensing. Some of the analysis shows results not only by … Ag. (EPA)) Q17. Tighter requirements on occupational licensing Q18. Tighter restrictions on prostitution Q19. … pharmaceuticals, discrimination, organs, the EPA, occupational licensing, prostitution, abortion, redistribution, and …

https://econjwatch.org/articles/economics-professors-voting-policy-views-favorite-economists-frequent-lack-of-consensus


Economists on the Welfare State and the Regulatory State: Why Don’t Any Argue in Favor of One and Against the Other? A Symposium Prologue

published Jan 2015 in Archive

…Ag. (EPA)) Q17. Tighter requirements on occupational licensing Q18. Tighter restrictions on prostitution Q19. … organ policy, OSHA, air and water quality, and occupational licensing. For each of these, the idea is that regulation …

https://econjwatch.org/articles/economists-on-the-welfare-state-and-the-regulatory-state-why-don-t-any-argue-in-favor-of-one-and-against-the-other-a-symposium-prologue