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Researcher Says Universal Recognition Can Boost Employment and Migration of Licensed Workers
Summary
Edward J. Timmons presented research finding that universal recognition (accepting out-of-state licenses in good standing) has been adopted in about 26 states and is associated in his work with higher employment ratios, increased migration of licensed workers and local fiscal inflows at border counties.
Edward J. Timmons, director of the Knee Regulatory Research Center, told the Joint Committee on Government Organization that universal recognition—a policy by which a state accepts out-of-state professional licenses that are in good standing—has measurable economic effects in places that adopt it. "Universal recognition... trusts other licensing authorities," Timmons said, and his center's research finds adoption is associated with higher employment and migration of licensed workers.
Timmons summarized several empirical findings from his group's work and…
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