According to a study released last week by researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, it is likely taking a huge bite out of the state's workforce.
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“Our analysis suggests that these suspensions, especially when combined with increasing driver’s license requirements, make finding and maintaining employment more difficult for a sizable portion of Ohioans, but that instability also affects the broader economy,” they wrote. “Fewer people in the labor force means fewer people to hire and fewer people to produce and consume goods and services.”
The 2022 study found that nearly half of those with suspended licenses had more than one suspension and that 75% had been suspended for a year or more. Both of those facts strongly suggest people are having a hard time paying compounding fines and fees. “At the most basic level, for those receiving a , we do not know if they were employed, if they were looking for work, how likely they were to disregard the suspension and keep driving, if they could get to work without driving, and the length of suspension,” the authors wrote.
“Based upon these numbers, there are potentially significant labor force impacts if only half of those receiving a DRS comply with the suspension,” the report said in a likely understatement.
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