The effect of occupational deregulation on wage premiums
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Keywords
Occupational licensing; deregulation; labor supply; wages;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
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