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The enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC 2.0), a mutual licensure recognition agreement, is promoted as a strategy to increase workforce supply and flexibility, yet no prior research has assessed whether it helps licensed but nonpracticing nurses return to the profession.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using American Community Survey data (2010-2023) and state-level licensure and employment data (2015-2023), we evaluated whether NLC 2.0 adoption is associated with changes in interstate registered nurse (RN) inflows and in the license-employment mismatch\u2014the share of active licenses not linked to payroll nursing employment\u2014across 26 states.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found no statistically significant effect on interstate migration (+0.27 percentage points; P = 0.67). However, adoption was associated with a 3.30-percentage-point reduction in the share of licensed nurses not employed in nursing (P = 0.054), with the effect strengthening over time. A staggered difference-in-differences robustness check confirmed this pattern.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings suggest that while the compact does not draw nurses across state lines, it is associated with more licensed nurses working in nursing within adopting states. 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