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Research completed by Morris Kleiner is quoted in a piece about employment competitiveness by Lee McGrath, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Institute for Justice.

Research by Prof. Morris Kleiner at the University of Minnesota reveals that approximately 35 percent of workers are subjected to occupational licensing regulations -- nearly three times the 12 percent of workers who belong to unions. In Minnesota, occupational regulations affect service providers from lawyers to plasterers to those who transport frogs.

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