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Back in the early 1950s such occupational licensing was required for only some 5% of jobs.
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Kleiner, an economist at the University of Minnesota, questions whether occupational licensing has gone too far.
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"The real motivation behind most occupational licensing regulations is one of special interest, not the public interest, " the report says.
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Thus, using the powers under the Commerce Clause, Congress should simply state that all occupational licensing is transferable across State lines.
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One point that no one has as yet mentioned is that we have had a large rise in occupational licensing in recent decades.
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But Alban, who focuses on a occupational licensing in his practice, noted that frequently, these kinds of laws instead protect established interests from competition.
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State by State occupational licensing is clearly a barrier to this.
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He provides much evidence that the balance of occupational licensing has shifted away from protecting consumers and toward limiting the supply of workers in various professions.
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But within an employment field, these numbers are different, says Morris Kleiner, a professor of economics at the University of Minnesota, who is an expert on occupational licensing.
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Then there is the proliferation of occupational licensing laws.
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We find that, in 2006, 29 percent of the workforce was required to hold an occupational license from a government agency, which is a higher percentage than that found in studies that rely on state-level occupational licensing data.
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