Occupational Licensing and American Workers
- The Afterlives of Conviction Project
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min read
Lower wages and higher unemployment for unlicensed workers and decreased mobility for licensed workers suggest there are large social costs to licensing. Comparing licensed to non-licensed workers, this article provides data to show exactly how licensing impacts wages, employment and mobility.
Nunn, R. (2016). Occupational Licensing and American Workers. The Hamilton Project. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/occupational_licensing_and_the_american_worker.pdf