Occupational licensing is a potential factor affecting employment and migration, as it creates a barrier to entering certain types of jobs. One analysis notes “that the between-state migration rate for individuals in occupations with state-specific licensing exam requirements is 36 percent lower relative to members of other occupations.”[71] The authors estimate that occupational licensing requirements have significantly reduced job-related moves among workers in regulated industries. In contrast, a 2022 paper from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that occupational licensing had no impact on net migration patterns, possibly because, in general, the time or financial barriers were insignificant.[72] These opposing findings also highlight the difficulty of isolating and measuring the impact of one specific factor affecting net migration.