Occupational Licensing Over Time and Across Countries

Requiring government licenses to practice trades and professions is a rising trend in the United States and abroad. This conference will discuss occupational licensing from a global perspective, with attention to current policy, labor market consequences and policy options. Co-sponsored by the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation, St. Francis University; and Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

Open to the public. Register for this conference at the Chicago Fed.

Agenda

Thursday, September 13, 2018
8:30 AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM	Overview Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Daniel Sullivan, Executive Vice President, Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
9:45 AM	Session I: Licensing Over Time Chair: Laura Bloomberg, Dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Chair Dick Carpenter, Director of Strategic Research, Institute for Justice Darwyyn Deyo, San Jose State University Beth Redbird, Northwestern University Cory Everett, President, Council on Licensure, Enforcement & Regulation
11:00 AM	Break
11:15 AM	Session II: Occupational Licensing Across Countries Chair: Mark Wright, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Maria Koumenta, Queen Mary University, London Tingting Zhang, Western New England University Andrea Martens, European Commission Shabbir Merali, Economic Advisor to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, United Kingdom
12:30 PM	Lunch and Keynote Policy Speaker Alexander Acosta, U.S. Secretary of Labor
2:00 PM	Session III: Policies on Occupational Licensing Over Time and Across Nations Chair: Brad Hershbein, Economist and Director of Information and Communication Services, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Mischa Fisher, Advisor to the Governor and Chief Economist, State of Illinois Peter Blair, Harvard University Daniel J. Gilman, Office of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission Sara Markowitz, Emory University Albert Downs, National Conference of State Legislatures
3:15 PM	Break
3:30 PM	Session IV: Linking Research to Policy Chair: Ed Timmons, Director, Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation, St. Francis University Derek Neal, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago Kevin Murphy, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Daniel Greenberg, Senior Policy Adviser, U.S Department of Labor Ryan Nunn, Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution
5:00 PM	Keynote Speaker Erica Groshen, Cornell University, Upjohn Institute and former Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
6:00 PM	Reception and Networking
6:45 PM	Adjourn
Friday, September 14, 2018
8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM	Research on Occupational Regulation Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
9:15 AM	A Cost of the U.S. Dental Monopoly: Wasted Investment Resulting from the Monopoly’s Excessive “Scope of Practice.” James Schmitz, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (with Shi Qi)
10:00 AM	Is Occupational Licensing a Barrier to Interstate Migration? Janna Johnson, University of Minnesota (with Morris Kleiner)
10:45 AM	Break
11:00 AM	New Work Shift Arrangements and Precautionary Behavior: Theory and Experimental Evidence Davud Rostam-Afschar, University of California, Berkeley, and Universitaet Hohenheim (with Andreas Orland)
11:45 AM	The Effects of Dental Hygienist Scope of Practice and Autonomy on Access to Dental Care Jie Chen, Lehigh University (with Chad D. Meyerhoefer and Edward Timmons)
12:30 PM	Lunch and Close

Occupational Licensing Over Time and Across Countries

Agenda

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Overview

Session I: Licensing Over Time

Break

Session II: Occupational Licensing Across Countries

Lunch and Keynote Policy Speaker

Session III: Policies on Occupational Licensing Over Time and Across Nations

Break

Session IV: Linking Research to Policy

Keynote Speaker

Reception and Networking

Adjourn

Friday, September 14, 2018

Continental Breakfast

Research on Occupational Regulation

A Cost of the U.S. Dental Monopoly: Wasted Investment Resulting from the Monopoly’s Excessive “Scope of Practice.”

Is Occupational Licensing a Barrier to Interstate Migration?

Break

New Work Shift Arrangements and Precautionary Behavior: Theory and Experimental Evidence

The Effects of Dental Hygienist Scope of Practice and Autonomy on Access to Dental Care

Lunch and Close

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