Colorado’s Funeral Mistake

Short summary

Colorado deregulated funeral director licensing in 1983, bucking a decades-long trend of increasing occupational licensing. Today 25% of the US workforce requires a license to work, up from 5% in 1950, raising questions about whether regulation protects consumers or restricts market entry.

• •Colorado delicensed funeral directors in 1983, a rare reversal of licensing trends
• •Occupational licensing has expanded from 5% of the US workforce in 1950 to 25% today
• •The policy debate hinges on whether licensing protects consumers or restricts competition

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