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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524694303321

Autore

Kleiner Morris M.

Titolo

Guild-ridden labor markets : the curious case of occupational licensing / / Morris M. Kleiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kalamazoo, Michigan : , : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-88099-502-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

WE focus series

Disciplina

331.702

Soggetti

Professions - Licenses

Occupations - Licenses

Guilds

Guilds - History

Professions - Licenses - History

Occupations - Licenses - History

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter1 -- Anatomy of Occupational Licensing; Chapter 2 -- The Evolution of Occupational Licensing; Chapter 3 -- The Costs, Mobility, and Quality of Occupational Licensing Services; Chapter 4 -- Battles among Licensed Occupations; Chapter 5 -- Occupational Licensing in Different Institutional and International Contexts; Chapter 6 -- Policy Implications of the Evolution of Occupational Licensing in the United States and Elsewhere; References; Author; Index; About the Institute

Sommario/riassunto

Kleiner examines why the institution of occupational licensing has had such a curious evolution and influence in the United States, the European Union, and China. He also discusses the many similarities it has to guilds.