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Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Shishir Shakya
Appalachian State University
2
Dustin Chambers
Salisbury University
3
Gemma Mitchell
University of Stirling
4
Omar Bamieh
Clínica Las Condes
5
Peter Q.. Blair
Harvard University
6
Suyoun Han
University of Minnesota
7
Umair Ali
Islamia University of Bahawalpur
8
Meizi Zhou
Boston University
9
Haruka Uchida
Niigata University
10
Eric Bressman
University of Pennsylvania

Rising Stars Papers

1
Minimum quality regulations and the demand for childcare labor
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management|2024
15 cit.
2
Automated Text Message–Based Program and Use of Acute Health Care Resources After Hospital Discharge
JAMA Network Open|2024
11 cit.
3
Revolutions and corruption
Public Choice|2024
10 cit.
4
The pharmacist will see you now: Pharmacist prescriptive authority and access to care
Contemporary Economic Policy|2024
8 cit.
5
Variation in Large Language Model Recommendations in Challenging Inpatient Management Scenarios
Journal of General Internal Medicine|2025
8 cit.
6
Military spouse licensing: a case study of registered nurses near military bases
Journal of Regulatory Economics|2024
5 cit.
7
Alcohol industry involvement in the delayed South Africa Draft Liquor Amendment Bill 2016: a case study based on freedom of information requests
Globalization and Health|2025
5 cit.
8
Software as a Medical Practitioner—Is It Time to License Artificial Intelligence?
JAMA Internal Medicine|2025
5 cit.
9
Automated Text Message–Based Program to Improve Uncontrolled Blood Pressure in Primary Care Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Journal of General Internal Medicine|2024
4 cit.
10
Can wage transparency alleviate gender sorting in the labour market?
Economic Policy|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Mark Klee
United States Census Bureau
2
Bobby Chung
University of South Florida
3
Felix Vetter
London School of Economics and Political Science
4
Evan Soltas
Princeton University
5
W. Trevor Oestereich
North Carolina State University
6
Laura Stanley
George Washington University
7
Conor Norris
West Virginia University
8
Katrina L. Bledsoe
Earth Resources Technology (United States)
9
Brett T. Edgerton
George Washington University
10
Tennecia Dacass
Central Washington University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
A Welfare Analysis of Occupational Licensing in U.S. States
The Review of Economic Studies|2023
51 cit.
2
Occupational Licensing and Minority Participation in Professional Labor Markets
Journal of Accounting Research|2023
38 cit.
3
The impacts of Covid-19 absences on workers
Journal of Public Economics|2023
37 cit.
4
Reducing the United States’ risks of dependency on China in the rare earth market
Resources Policy|2022
35 cit.
5
Nurse Licensure Compact and Mobility
Journal of Labor Research|2022
22 cit.
6
Understanding spillover of peer parental education: Randomization evidence and mechanisms
Economic Inquiry|2023
21 cit.
7
The costs and potential benefits of occupational licensing: A case of real estate license reform
Labour Economics|2022
17 cit.
8
Financial statements not required
Journal of Accounting and Economics|2024
16 cit.
9
Financial Statements not Required
SSRN Electronic Journal|2023
11 cit.
10
Audit Mandates, Audit Firms, and Auditors
SSRN Electronic Journal|2023
9 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Alan B. Krueger
Princeton University
2
Morris M. Kleiner
National Bureau of Economic Research
3
Thomas N. Hubbard
Northwestern University
4
Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University
5
Geoffrey F. Miller
University of New Mexico
6
Graeme Currie
University of Warwick
7
Alvin E. Roth
University of Pittsburgh
8
Herman Aguinis
George Washington University
9
Natalia Zinovyeva
Aalto University
10
Lowell J. Taylor
Carnegie Mellon University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Changes in Relative Wages, 1963-1987: Supply and Demand Factors
The Quarterly Journal of Economics|1992
4.5k cit.
2
What We Know and Don’t Know About Corporate Social Responsibility
Journal of Management|2012
3.4k cit.
3
Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects
Econometrica|2007
2.7k cit.
4
Does Compulsory School Attendance Affect Schooling and Earnings?
The Quarterly Journal of Economics|1991
2.6k cit.
5
The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment
American Economic Review|2016
2.3k cit.
6
Best Practice Recommendations for Designing and Implementing Experimental Vignette Methodology Studies
Organizational Research Methods|2014
1.9k cit.
7
Predicting How People Play Games: Reinforcement Learning in Experimental Games with Unique, Mixed Strategy Equilibria
American Economic Review|1998
1.8k cit.
8
Computing Inequality: Have Computers Changed the Labor Market?
The Quarterly Journal of Economics|1998
1.8k cit.
9
Learning in extensive-form games: Experimental data and simple dynamic models in the intermediate term
Games and Economic Behavior|1995
1.7k cit.
10
Efficiency Wages and the Inter-Industry Wage Structure
Econometrica|1988
1.7k cit.

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