Barriers to Labor Migration: The Case of Occupational Licensing

Kleiner, Morris M.; Gay, Robert S.; Greene, K. R.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-232x.1982.tb00245.x

Cited by 51 publications

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“…Highly restrictive and arbitrary requirements are often imposed so as to reduce the number ofpractitioners coming into the state. This limits mobility ofpractitioners, limits trade, and increases the cost of services (e.g., Boulier, 1980;HEW, 1971;Kleiner, Gay, & Greene, 1982;Perloff, 1980;Pratt, 1980). This is particularly prevalent in the southern and western states, which tend to attract persons wanting to relocate.…”

Section: Occupational Mobilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Credentialing Behavior Analysts and the Florida Behavior Analysis Certification Program

1993

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Nearly 1,000 professions are regulated in one or more of the 50 states. Behavior analysis is not regulated as a distinct profession except in Florida. Typically, the regulation of behavior analysis is subsumed within other professions (such as psychology) whose practices often differ considerably from those of behavior analysis. This paper provides an overview of the common methods of regulation and discusses the pros and cons of regulating behavior analysis independently of other professions. It also describes how one state agency in Florida has regulated behavior analysts through the Behavior Analysis Certification Program, with a historical summary of the development of the training curriculum and certification examination and description of current efforts to refine and expand the regulation of behavior analysts. Suggestions for establishing formal regulation of behavior analysts in other states are also given.

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Section: Occupational Mobilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Credentialing Behavior Analysts and the Florida Behavior Analysis Certification Program

1993

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“…Kleiner et al (1982) report that the number of licensed occupations increased from about 70 in the 1950s to 500 by the late 1970s. By 1996, licensure had grown so that over 700 occupations required licensing in at least one state (Bianco, 1996).…”

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The 150-hour rule as a barrier to entering public accountancy

Carpenter

Stephenson

2006

J Labor Res

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In many states, CPA licensure now requires 150 credit hours of college coursework thereby adding an extra semester or year of schooling beyond typical undergraduate degree requirements. Thus, the "150-hour rule" should increase the cost of becoming a CPA and, consequently, reduce the supply of new CPAs. We test this hypothesis using panel data on the number of first-time candidates for the CPA exam in each state over the years 1985 to 2002. We find that the imposition of the 150-hour education requirement reduces the number of candidates sitting for the CPA exam by 60 percent and that the "grandfathering" provisions of the 150-hour rule produce a substantial transitory increase in the number of candidates sitting for the exam in the year prior to the rule's effective date. Examination of candidates'pass rates on the exam also finds behavior consistent with the hypothesis that the 150-hour rule is a barrier to entry.

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“…Follow-up work along the same lines by Pashigian (1979) shows that occupational licensing reduces the mobility of individuals across state lines. Kleiner, Gay, and Greene (1982) fi nd that restrictive licensing may operate as a barrier to mobility, causing a misallocation of labor resources across states, with increased earnings for the practitioners in those states with the most restrictive barriers.…”

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“…Drawing on prior research by Pashigian (1979) and Kleiner, Gay, and Greene (1982), Tenn examines the infl uence of licensing for attorneys, an occupation that has long been licensed in the United States. He fi nds that migration rates and licensing statutes jointly have signifi cant infl uence in explaining wages and concludes that both these issues need to be addressed as part of the analysis of the impact of occupational licensing.…”

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Guild-Ridden Labor Markets: The Curious Case of Occupational Licensing

Kleiner¹

2015

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Barriers to Labor Migration: The Case of Occupational Licensing

Cited by 51 publications

References 8 publications

Credentialing Behavior Analysts and the Florida Behavior Analysis Certification Program

Credentialing Behavior Analysts and the Florida Behavior Analysis Certification Program

The 150-hour rule as a barrier to entering public accountancy

Guild-Ridden Labor Markets: The Curious Case of Occupational Licensing

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