February 12, 2019

Deserting Workers? Barriers to Work in New Mexico

By Edward Timmons, PhD Conor Norris, MA — February, 2019 Click Here to Open the PDF in a New Tab WHY DOES OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING MATTER IN […]
January 25, 2019

Overcoming a Mountain of Occupational Regulation in Wisconsin Requires more than Baby Steps

New report doesn’t include comparisons with other states and policy recommendations By ED TIMMONS | Jan. 24, 2019 With the release of the state Department of […]
January 14, 2019

Op-Ed: N.J. Doesn’t Need Burdensome Laws for Dog Groomers

The Star-Ledger- Newark, NJ N.J. doesn’t need burdensome laws for dog groomers Written by: Dr. Edward Timmons – Guest Columnist A dog is a man’s best […]
September 25, 2018

CSOR Hosts International Conference in London

On March 15th and 16th, the Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation co-sponsored an “International Symposium on the Regulation of Occupations” with the Department […]
August 27, 2018

CSOR Selected to Lead U.S. Department of Labor Project in PA

Occupational licensing is a hot-button issue, one that often brings legislators together from both sides of the political aisle. For this reason, licensing data provided by […]
July 6, 2018

CSOR’s Work with Governor Wolf Leads to Occupational Regulation Reforms

Saint Francis University’s Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation (CSOR) is pleased to announce that Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has officially proposed reforms of several state job licensing […]
April 30, 2018

CSOR Director Published by Harvard Business Review

An article by Dr. Edward Timmons, associate professor of economics and director of the Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation (CSOR), was published by the  Harvard Business […]
April 10, 2018

Too Much License? A Closer Look at Occupational Licensing and Economic Mobility

Dr. Edward Timmons, Director of CSOR and John “JJ” Hazenstab, Graduate Assistant for CSOR recently published a new paper (co-authored with Brian Meehan of Berry College […]
March 23, 2018

CSOR Gets a New Name!

The Knee Family Foundation made a $1 million commitment over the next four years to the newly renamed, The Knee Center for the Study of Occupational […]
November 20, 2017

Barriers to Mobility: Understanding the Relationship between Growth in Occupational Licensing and Economic Mobility

Dr. Edward Timmons, Director of CSOR recently published a new paper (co-authored with Brian Meehan of Berry College and Andrew Meehan of Central Michigan) and it […]