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Langer, Laura

doi:10.1023/a:1024263103610

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“…However, using Overturned should not introduce bias unless the measurement error is correlated with other regressors in the model. pressures to engage in strategic behavior (see, e.g., Landes and Posner 1975;Langer 2003;Shepherd 2009).…”

Section: Empirical Analysis Of Judicial Review Of Occupational Licensingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Three states switched from an appointment system to elections during the period: Florida in 1887, Georgia in 1896, and Louisiana in 1904 (Hanssen 2004, p. 442). These various selection systems may have made judges susceptible to different types of political pressures to engage in strategic behavior (see, e.g., Landes and Posner 1975; Langer 2003; Shepherd 2009).…”

Section: Empirical Analysis Of Judicial Review Of Occupational Licensingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Efficiency of Occupational Licensing during the Gilded and Progressive Eras: Evidence from Judicial Review

Kanazawa

2023

J. Econ. Hist.

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This paper proposes a novel approach to assessing the efficiency and distributional consequences of occupational licensing statutes during the Gilded and Progressive eras, based on the practice of judicial review. At the time, state judges ruling on the constitutionality of police powers regulation operated under powerful legal norms that militated against redistribution and class legislation. Evidence presented in the paper strongly suggests that judges were significantly more likely to uphold, on constitutional grounds, occupational licensing legislation for occupations with important information asymmetries, suggesting that constitutional review promoted efficiency in occupational markets. These findings have implications for current policies regarding occupational licensing.

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Section: Empirical Analysis Of Judicial Review Of Occupational Licensingmentioning

confidence: 99%