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22 Feb 2018 12:30-13:30
Occupational Licensing, Labor Mobility, and the Unfairness of Entry Standards
Mario Pagliero, Università Torino
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SchoolofEconomics@unibz.it
short abstract:
We empirically study a labor market in which a district specific entry (licensing) examination is coupled with labor mobility across districts. Our analysis exploits a change in the grading procedure of the exam, from grading in the local district to grading in a randomly assigned different district. We document that licensing regulation leads to extreme heterogeneity in admission outcomes, unfair admission procedures, and inefficient mobility of workers.