@article{Snyder:339900,
      recid = {339900},
      author = {Snyder, Thomas J. and Ouattara, Saliou N.},
      title = {Occupational Licensure and Property Crime},
      journal = {Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy},
      address = {2017-10},
      number = {1100-2024-322},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {This study examines the effect of state occupational  licensing regulations on property crime. A cross- sectional  state-level analysis demonstrates a positive relationship  between occupational licensing requirements and  property-crime rates. Cross-sectional results also reveal a  negative relationship between occupational licensing  requirements and labor-force participation rates. Two-stage  least squares estimates suggests that licensing  requirements increase property-crime rates through its  effect on the labor-force participation rate. The youth  particularly suffers from the negative consequences of  licensing burdens. High licensing burdens and other labor  market regulations creates barriers to employment  opportunities and can lead to idle hands. This  disenfranchisement can provide individuals with a motive  and opportunity to commit crime.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/339900},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.339900},
}