The Rule of Experts
Occupational Liscencing in America
Published on 1. March 1987
116 pages
978-1-937184-43-8 (ISBN)
Description
S. David Young argues that occupational licensing results in the misallocation of labor and harms consumers.
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Content
- THE RULE OF EXPERTS
- Contents
- FOREWORD
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. A HISTORY OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
- III. LICENSING AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST
- IV. THE DEMAND FOR LICENSING
- V. RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY
- VI. LICENSING BOARDS: PROMISES AND FAILURES
- VII. EFFECTS ON INCOME AND COSTS
- VIII. LICENSING AND QUALITY
- IX. LICENSING AND OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY
- X. LICENSING AND INFORMATION CONTROL
- XI. LICENSING AND INNOVATION
- XII. EFFECTS ON MINORITIES AND THE POOR
- XIII. PROFESSIONALS AND THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE
- XIV. THE REFORM MOVEMENT AND THE FUTURE
- REFERENCES
