TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Prantl, Susanne
AU  - Spitz-Oener, Alexandra
        TI  - How Does Entry Regulation Influence Entry into Self-Employment and Occupational Mobility?
        PY  - 2009/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4221
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4221
        AB  - We analyze how an entry regulation that imposes a mandatory educational standard affects entry into self-employment and occupational mobility. We exploit the German reunification as a natural experiment and identify regulatory effects by comparing differences between regulated occupations and unregulated occupations in East Germany to the corresponding differences in West Germany after reunification. Consistent with our expectations, we find that entry regulation reduces entry into self-employment and occupational mobility after reunification more in regulated occupations in East Germany than in West Germany. Our findings are relevant for transition or emerging economies as well as for mature market economies requiring large structural changes after unforeseen economic shocks.
        KW  - self-employment
KW  - occupational mobility
KW  - entry regulation
        ER  -