Licensing Occupations [electronic resource] : Ensuring Quality or Restricting Competition? / Morris M. Kleiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kleiner, Morris M., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professions--Licenses--United States.

Professions.

Occupations--Licenses--United States.

Occupations.

Quality assurance--United States.

Quality assurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo, MI, USA : W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2005

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1 - Introduction and Overview

2 - Development of Occupational Licensing as a Labor Market Institution

3 - Quality and the Demand for Occupational Licensing

4 - Licensing, Labor Supply, and Earnings

5 - State Regulatory Policies and the Economy-wide Impacts of Licensing

6 - Comparing Licensing in the United States and the European Union

7 - The Emerging Labor Market Institution of Occupational Licensing

Appendix A: Criteria for Regulating Occupations for Legislators and a Questionnaire for Occupations Seeking Regulation in Minnesota

Appendix B: Data Sources

Appendix C: Occupations Analyzed in the United States Using Multivariate Techniques

References

The Author

Index

About the Institute.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180) and index.

ISBN:

1-4294-5486-5

OCLC:

228136816