Relaxing occupational licensing requirements: Analyzing wages and prices for a medical service

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 261-291

  Kleiner, Morris M ^a   Marier, Allison ^b   Park, Kyoung Won ^c   Wing, Coady ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84989154404     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/688093     Document Type: Article

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