{"title":"Military spouse licensing: a case study of registered nurses near military bases","authors":"Shishir Shakya, Alicia Plemmons, Conor Norris","doi":"10.1007/s11149-024-09480-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Military families experience frequent moves, which poses significant challenges for career options for military spouses. One of the most common professions for military spouses is a registered nurse, which has state-level licensing requirements that add additional hurdles to continuing employment after a move. A series of reforms in the 2010s for military spouses in licensed professions allows nurses to obtain a license in a state where their service member spouse is stationed, as long as their license from their previous state is current and in good standing. This policy is crucial for military families and can provide job stability for registered nurses. We find suggestive evidence that the full recognition of military spouse licenses increases the probability of employment mobility by around 12%, while more restrictive reforms have the opposite effect. Our finding highlights the importance of policies supporting military personnel’s families and has implications for healthcare workforce planning and recruitment efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":47149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Regulatory Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Regulatory Economics","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11149-024-09480-7","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Military families experience frequent moves, which poses significant challenges for career options for military spouses. One of the most common professions for military spouses is a registered nurse, which has state-level licensing requirements that add additional hurdles to continuing employment after a move. A series of reforms in the 2010s for military spouses in licensed professions allows nurses to obtain a license in a state where their service member spouse is stationed, as long as their license from their previous state is current and in good standing. This policy is crucial for military families and can provide job stability for registered nurses. We find suggestive evidence that the full recognition of military spouse licenses increases the probability of employment mobility by around 12%, while more restrictive reforms have the opposite effect. Our finding highlights the importance of policies supporting military personnel’s families and has implications for healthcare workforce planning and recruitment efforts.
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Recent legislative and policy reforms have changed the nature of regulation. Partial deregulation has created a new dimension to regulatory problems, as the debate is extended to include diversification and new forms of regulation. The introduction of incentive-based rate schedules and ratemaking procedures, the integration of demand-side programs with planning for capitol expansion, and other developments, raise a host of theoretical and empirical questions. The Journal of Regulatory Economics serves as a high quality forum for the analysis of regulatory theories and institutions by developing the rigorous economics foundations of regulation. Both theoretical and applied works, including experimental research, are encouraged. Research in all aspects of regulation is of interest including traditional problems of natural monopoly, antitrust and competition policy, incentive regulation, deregulation, auction theory, new policy instruments, health and safety regulation, environmental regulation, insurance and financial regulation, hazardous and solid waste regulation, universal service obligation, and consumer product regulation. The JRE provides researchers, policy-makers, and institutions with current perspectives on the theory and practice of economics of regulation. While there are a number of journals and magazines that include the study of regulation, the JRE is unique in that it fills a gap in the market for a high quality journal dealing solely with the economics of regulation.Officially cited as: J Regul Econ
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