Rent Check 1. AICPA tries to muster arguments against licensing reform. 2. New research: how licensing laws decrease labor supply in licensed professions. News 1. Ohio licensing reform bill moves [...]
“Rent-seeking thrives in the dark, obscure corners of democratic life” wrote Brink Lindsey, co-author of The Captured Economy in rent check’s inaugural blog post. This goes back to Mancur Olson’s [...]
By creating a higher barrier to entry for workers to enter a profession, occupational licensing decreases the supply of labor in a licensed profession, increasing the wages of licensed professionals. [...]
1. Mississippi streamlines licensing requirements for some teachers in the face of shortage. 2. Occupational licensing reform: a recent history. 3. Bill to supervise licensing boards advances in NJ.
Following the teacher strikes in a number of states earlier this year, a great deal of attention has been paid to teacher compensation. But one of the underappreciated points of [...]
Last week, we wrote about a number of licensing reforms across the country. One way states are reforming is by increasing state oversight of licensing boards to bring them into [...]
As the number of licensed professions in the United States has soared ever higher, the past decade has seen a number of pushes from state governments to reduce these burdensome [...]
1. Dispelling three myths about occupational licensing. 2. How horse massagers have benefited from licensing repeal in Nebraska.
The law removing licensing requirements for horse, cat, and dog massagers from Nebraska’s occupational licensing requirement went into effect in April of this year, and Pew’s Elaine S. Povich brings [...]
A new bite-sized research paper from Jared Meyer and Victoria Eardley of the Foundation for Government Accountability addresses three common misconceptions about the effects of occupational licensing in the U.S.: [...]