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License to Work; A National Study Burdens from Occupational Licensing

License to Work; A National Study Burdens from Occupational Licensing

Lisa Knepper
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License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing is the first national study to measure how burdensome occupational licensing laws are for lower-income workers and aspiring entrepreneurs.

The report documents the license requirements for 102 low- and moderate-income occupations?such as barber, massage therapist and preschool teacher?across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It finds that occupational licensing is not only widespread, but also overly burdensome and frequently irrational.

On average, these licenses force aspiring workers to spend nine months in education or training, pass one exam and pay more than $200 in fees. One third of the licenses take more than a year to earn. At least one exam is required for 79 of the occupations.

Barriers like these make it harder for people to find jobs and build new businesses that create jobs, particularly minorities, those of lesser means and those with less education.

License to Work recommends reducing or removing needless licensing barriers. The report?s rankings of states and occupations by severity of licensure burdens make it easy to compare laws and identify those most in need of reform.

Additional Authors: Angela C. Erickson and John K. Ross

For more information visit www.ij.org
Language
English
Pages
312
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
May 17, 2012

License to Work; A National Study Burdens from Occupational Licensing

Lisa Knepper
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing is the first national study to measure how burdensome occupational licensing laws are for lower-income workers and aspiring entrepreneurs.

The report documents the license requirements for 102 low- and moderate-income occupations?such as barber, massage therapist and preschool teacher?across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It finds that occupational licensing is not only widespread, but also overly burdensome and frequently irrational.

On average, these licenses force aspiring workers to spend nine months in education or training, pass one exam and pay more than $200 in fees. One third of the licenses take more than a year to earn. At least one exam is required for 79 of the occupations.

Barriers like these make it harder for people to find jobs and build new businesses that create jobs, particularly minorities, those of lesser means and those with less education.

License to Work recommends reducing or removing needless licensing barriers. The report?s rankings of states and occupations by severity of licensure burdens make it easy to compare laws and identify those most in need of reform.

Additional Authors: Angela C. Erickson and John K. Ross

For more information visit www.ij.org
Language
English
Pages
312
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
May 17, 2012

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