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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS


Occupational Licensing Regulations and Unemployment During the Great Recession


Author(s): Thomas Snyder, Thomas Moore

Citation: Thomas Snyder, Thomas Moore, (2020) "Occupational Licensing Regulations and Unemployment During the Great Recession," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 22, Iss.10,  pp. 97-111

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

​Abstract:

Recent research examined the link between occupational licensing and unemployment. If occupational licensing creates barriers to employment, we would expect highly licensed states to experience greater increases in unemployment than other states during recessions when jobs are especially scarce. This study examines panel and cross-sectional data to see if counties under severe state licensing requirements suffered from greater unemployment increases during and after the Great Recession of 2007-2009. The estimates in both panel and cross-sectional analysis find higher increases in unemployment during and after the recession in counties that were in states imposing high licensing burdens, controlling for relevant factors.