When it comes to promoting the best possible environment for business to thrive and people to prosper, Texas gets a lot of things right. Unfortunately for residents of the Lone Star state, licensing is not one of them.
Occupational licensing makes it illegal for an individual to begin working in their profession of choice before meeting minimum levels of education and training. At one time licensing was reserved for jobs like doctors and dentists. Today, estimates suggest that nearly 19%—almost one in five—workers is licensed in Texas.
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Noah Trudeau, PhD, is a research fellow at the Archbridge Institute and lead author of the institute’s “State Occupational Licensing Index” project. He is also an assistant professor of data analytics at Troy University and a research affiliate with the Knee Regulatory Research Center at West Virginia University. Follow his work @EconTrudeau.
Edward Timmons, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation at St. Francis University, writes frequently on the history and rise of occupational licensing and it’s relation to economic mobility.
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When it comes to promoting the best possible environment for business to thrive and people to prosper, Texas gets a lot of things right. Unfortunately for residents of the Lone Star state, licensing is not one of them.
Occupational licensing makes it illegal for an individual to begin working in their profession of choice before meeting minimum levels of education and training. At one time licensing was reserved for jobs like doctors and dentists. Today, estimates suggest that nearly 19%—almost one in five—workers is licensed in Texas.
Continue reading at Caller Times.
Noah Trudeau
Noah Trudeau, PhD, is a research fellow at the Archbridge Institute and lead author of the institute’s “State Occupational Licensing Index” project. He is also an assistant professor of data analytics at Troy University and a research affiliate with the Knee Regulatory Research Center at West Virginia University. Follow his work @EconTrudeau.
Edward Timmons
Edward Timmons, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation at St. Francis University, writes frequently on the history and rise of occupational licensing and it’s relation to economic mobility.
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