To help us fight the Coronavirus, Gov. Walz should implement the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and allow nurses and other healthcare workers to work in our state as long as they are licensed in their home states....
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Across the United States, policymakers tackling the coronavirus are junking regulations which are getting in their way - regulations which are supposed to safeguard 'public health'. ...
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A recent NBER research paper has added to the research showing that occupational licensing plays no role in consumer satisfaction. ...
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Some occupational licenses can be justified in terms of improved outcomes, but many others cannot. The trick is to tell which is which and design an appropriate regime where licenses really are appropriate. ...
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New research suggests that the average net social value of occupational licensing is negative: The social cost of reduced labor supply exceeds the social benefit from consumers higher willingness to pay for labor from licensed workers. ...
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“Why should we have to now jump through all these hoops and pay thousands of dollars to be able to do what we were already doing over here?” Good question. ...
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Occupational licenses harm economic growth, are about protecting producers, not consumers, and have been increasing in extent in Minnesota in recent years. The fight to license our music therapists illustrates all this. ...
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Americans move around less than they used to. Research suggests that expanded occupational licensing requirements and more expensive housing have contributed to that. That is a problem for the US macroeconomy. ...
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While Minnesota's occupational licensing environment might not be as challenging as in some other states, there is room for improvement and, at the very least, the growth of recent years must be reversed. ...
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Most regulation isn't about protecting the public or the consumer, it is about protecting producers at the expense of the public and the consumer. Occupational licensing is no different. ...
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