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Occupational Licensing Over Time and Across Countries

September 13–14, 2018
Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and Minneapolis
Chicago, Illinois

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