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Abstract
We provide the first analysis of economic outcomes from the 2017 Illinois reform
to its Civil Administrative Code, which restricted licensing boards from denying
licenses based on previous criminal convictions and annual reporting. We observe
increases in employment within generally licensed industries as compared with
unlicensed occupations, and a reduction in crime after the collateral consequence
reform. Finally, we discuss implications for states considering these policies.
Using World Bank estimates of intergenerational educational persistence
and mobility for multiple countries across the development spectrum, this
paper finds that economic freedom noticeably improves educational
mobility. This is probably because economic freedom increases the returns
to education in ways that incentivize greater investment in education.
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