The Effect of Occupational Licensing on Consumer Welfare: Early Midwifery Laws and Maternal Mortality
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- Anderson, D. Mark & Brown, Ryan & Charles, Kerwin Kofi & Rees, Daniel I., 2016. "The Effect of Occupational Licensing on Consumer Welfare: Early Midwifery Laws and Maternal Mortality," IZA Discussion Papers 10074, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
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