Morris Kleiner

Morris Kleiner Visiting Scholar

Professor University of Minnesota

Research interests

Labor markets, occupational licensing

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Staff Report 669 (May 2025)

Analyzing the Effects of Occupational Licensing on Earnings Inequality in the United States

Kihwan Bae, Morris Kleiner, Conor Norris, and Edward Timmons

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Staff Report 667 (March 2025)

The Origins and Evolution of Occupational Licensing in the United States

Nicholas A. Carollo, Jason F. Hicks, Andrew Karch, and Morris Kleiner

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Staff Report 657 (April 2024)

The Influence of Occupational Licensing on Workforce Transitions to Retirement

Morris Kleiner and Yun Taek Oh

Forthcoming in: Industrial Relations, https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12388.

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Staff Report 645 (Revised June 2023)

The Labor Market Effects of Occupational Licensing in the Public Sector

Morris Kleiner and Wenchen Wang

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Staff Report 606 (July 2020)

Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity

Morris Kleiner and Ming Xu

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Staff Report 590 (October 2019)

A Welfare Analysis of Occupational Licensing in U.S. States

Morris Kleiner and Evan J. Soltas

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Staff Report 561 (December 2017)

Is Occupational Licensing a Barrier to Interstate Migration?

Janna E. Johnson and Morris Kleiner

Published in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (Vol. 12, No. 3, August 2020, pp. 347-373), https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20170704.

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Staff Report 556 (October 2017)

Analyzing the Influence of Occupational Licensing Duration and Grandfathering on Labor Market Outcomes

Suyoun Han and Morris Kleiner

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Staff Report 504 (October 2014)

Analyzing the Labor Market Outcomes of Occupational Licensing

Maury Gittleman, Mark A. Klee, and Morris Kleiner

Published in: Industrial Relations (Vol. 57, No. 1, January 2018, pp. 57-100) https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12200.

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