Alex speaks with Darwynn Deyo about the many ways in which occupational licensing can in fact reduce efficiency in the workforce, make it harder for people to cross borders, and ultimately reduce economic mobility for already disadvantaged groups. 

Episode Notes and Further Reading:

License To Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing (2022) https://ij.org/report/license-to-work-3/ 

Policy Brief: Licensing Barriers for Women in the Workforce - Dr. Darwyyn Deyo (2022) https://csorwvu.com/policy-brief-licensing-barriers-for-women-in-the-workforce/ 

Policy Brief: Survey of Universal Licensing Reforms in the United States - Dr. Darwyyn Deyo (2022) https://csorwvu.com/policy-brief-survey-of-universal-licensing-reforms-in-the-united-states/ 

Testing Licensing and Consumer Satisfaction for Beauty Services in the United States

in Grease or Grit?: International Case Studies of Occupational Licensing and Its

Effects on Efficiency and Quality - Darwyyn Deyo (2022)

Have license, will travel: Measuring the effects of universal licensing

recognition on mobility - Darwyyn Deyo & Alicia Plemmons (2022)

Occupational Licensing: Improving Access to Regulatory Information - Morris M. Kleiner & Edward J. Timmons (2020)

Licensing massage therapists in the name of crime: the case of Harper v Lindsay - Darwyyn Deyo, Blake Hoarty, Conor Norris and Edward Timmons (2020)

Effects of Occupational Licensing and Unions on Labour Market Earnings in Canada

- Tingting Zhang (2019)

Guild-Ridden Labor Markets: The Curious Case of Occupational Licensing - Morris M. Kleiner (2015)