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Port Efficiency, Maritime Transport Costs and Bilateral Trade

Clark, Ximena - 2004

determinant of shipping costs. Improving port efficiency from the 25th to the 75th percentile reduces shipping costs by 12 percent … explain variations in port efficiency and find that they are linked to excessive regulation, the prevalence of organized crime …

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Investment in Infrastructure and Trade : The Case of Ports

Brancaccio, Giulia; Kalouptsidi, Myrto; Papageorgiou, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

theory to capture port technology, with tools from demand estimation. We use our framework, together with a collection of … unveils three policy-relevant messages: (i) investing in port infrastructure can lead to substantial trade and welfare gains …) there are sizable spillovers across ports, as investing in one port can decongest a wider set of ports, suggesting that …

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Occupational Licensing and Accountant Quality : Evidence from the 150-Hour Rule

Barrios, John M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

I examine the effects of occupational licensing on the quality of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs). I exploit the staggered adoption of the 150-hour rule, which increases the educational requirements for a CPA license. The analysis shows that the rule decreases the number of entrants into the...

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Occupational Licensing and the Healthcare Labor Market

Dillender, Marcus; LoSasso, Anthony; Phelan, Brian J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We examine the labor market impact of states easing occupational license requirements by expanding the scope of practice (SOP) for nurse practitioners (NPs), allowing them to practice without physician oversight. Using data on job postings, we find that employers increase their demand for NPs...

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Occupational Licensing and the Inter-State Mobility of Professionals

Pashigian, B. Peter - 1977

This paper attempts to measure the effect of occupational licensing, restrictions on reciprocity, location specific investment in reputation and earnings on the interstate mobility of professionals. While 34 professional occupations are analyzed, special attention is focused on the legal...

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Consumer Protection in an Online World : An Analysis of Occupational Licensing

Farronato, Chiara - 2020

associated with less competition and higher prices but not with any improvement in customer satisfaction as measured by review …

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

Kleiner, Morris M. - 2019

We assess the welfare consequences of occupational licensing for workers and consumers. We estimate a model of labor market equilibrium in which licensing restricts labor supply but also affects labor demand via worker quality and selection. On the margin of occupations licensed differently...

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Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity

Kleiner, Morris M. - 2020

We show that occupational licensing has significant negative effects on labor market fluidity defined as cross-occupation mobility. Using a balanced panel of workers constructed from the CPS and SIPP data, we analyze the link between occupational licensing and labor market outcomes. We find that...

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The Effects of Government Licensing on E-commerce : Evidence from Alibaba

Jin, Ginger Zhe - 2020

Using proprietary data from Alibaba, we examine how the 2015 Food Safety Law (FSL) affects e-commerce in China. The FSL requires most food sellers on e-commerce platforms to obtain a valid, online license for retail food handling. Because the FSL was rolled out progressively, we have a rare...

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Concessions, Violence, and Indirect Rule : Evidence from the Congo Free State

Lowes, Sara - 2020

health outcomes. To examine mechanisms, we collect survey and experimental data from individuals near a former concession …

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