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So why prevent people from legally cutting hair or? If it's a bad haircut customer won't come back. Licensing is simply a way to put a moat around industry and

• Spooky23 4y ago
  It makes establishments viable by raising the barrier to people cutting hair in their basements. It’s ultimately better for the profession and for the state, as things like sales tax collections have higher compliance rates in established businesses.
  • sam345 4y ago
    There are other regulations that cover cleanliness. Licensing does not do that. Licensing is a state sanctioned monopoly. https://www.hoover.org/research/occupational-licensing-bad-idea https://www.hoover.org/research/occupational-licensing-bad-i...
• Barrin92 4y ago
  because licensure is also a way to guarantee quality standards, safety and provide training and representation for members of an industry. They're reputational tools. They tend to incentivize the creation of industry bodies that see that employers are collectively represented, fairly compensated and that hucksters are kept out. When people start cutting hair in their home they're not going to run fabulous businesses, they're going to look for alternatives to accredit themselves because that signal is valuable, it's how people end up at lambda school or online rating platforms. The 'ed-tech' sector that is emerging around unregulated professions is an example of what happens if you don't have licenses. You have a vulture-like companies that offer people pseudo-qualifications without representation or any real chance to judge the standards of their education.
• rojcyk 4y ago