“The new study adds to the already substantial evidence indicating that licensing laws are a major obstacle to geographic mobility, particularly for poor and lower-middle class people seeking to move to areas with greater opportunity. We have gotten to the point where some 30 percent of Americans have to have licenses to legally work in their respective fields, including even some states that license florists and tour guides. The evidence also suggests that most of these laws do far more to suppress competition than protect consumers.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/12/12/how-occupational-licensing-laws-inhibit-interstate-mobility/

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