Amanda Agan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6753380 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda Agan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Agan |
| SIGNATURE | AGAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4759-8367 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Traces of Criminal Records
In the United States, a robust data ecosystem aggregates and shares public records about people that may ultimately appear in Internet search results for a person's name. These records can include stigmatizing information and operate outside public policy efforts to conceal negative information from regulated background screening processes. Our study assesses the Internet search results of 225 people who have been charged or convicted of crime to…
Employers’ Neighborhoods and Racial Discrimination
Using a field experiment, we show that the racial composition of employers’ neighborhoods predicts discrimination patterns in a direction suggesting in-group bias. Second, building on prior work on ban-the-box laws, we show that employers in less-Black neighborhoods appear much likelier to stereotype Black applicants as potentially criminal when information about criminal records is restricted. Third, our data also show racial disparities in geog…
Is Your Lawyer a Lemon? Incentives and Selection in the Public Provision of Criminal Defense
Governments in the United States must offer free legal services to low-income people accused of crimes. To provide these services, many jurisdictions rely on assigned counsel systems, where private attorneys represent indigent defendants on a contract basis. These defendants are more likely to be convicted and incarcerated than defendants with privately retained attorneys. Using detailed court records, we investigate the mechanisms behind this di…
Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Racial Discrimination
“Ban the Box” (BTB) policies restrict employers from asking about applicants’ criminal histories on job applications and are often presented as a means of reducing unemployment among black men, who disproportionately have criminal records. However, withholding information about criminal records could risk encouraging racial discrimination: employers may make assumptions about criminality based on the applicant's race. To investigate BTB’s effects…
Increasing Employment of People with Records
Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Racial Discrimination
“Ban the Box” (BTB) policies restrict employers from asking about applicants’ criminal histories on job applications and are often presented as a means of reducing unemployment among black men, who disproportionately have criminal records. However, withholding information about criminal records could risk encouraging racial discrimination: employers may make assumptions about criminality based on the applicant's race. To investigate BTB’s effects…
Increasing Employment of People with Records
Is Your Lawyer a Lemon? Incentives and Selection in the Public Provision of Criminal Defense
Governments in the United States must offer free legal services to low-income people accused of crimes. To provide these services, many jurisdictions rely on assigned counsel systems, where private attorneys represent indigent defendants on a contract basis. These defendants are more likely to be convicted and incarcerated than defendants with privately retained attorneys. Using detailed court records, we investigate the mechanisms behind this di…
Employers’ Neighborhoods and Racial Discrimination
Using a field experiment, we show that the racial composition of employers’ neighborhoods predicts discrimination patterns in a direction suggesting in-group bias. Second, building on prior work on ban-the-box laws, we show that employers in less-Black neighborhoods appear much likelier to stereotype Black applicants as potentially criminal when information about criminal records is restricted. Third, our data also show racial disparities in geog…
Traces of Criminal Records
In the United States, a robust data ecosystem aggregates and shares public records about people that may ultimately appear in Internet search results for a person's name. These records can include stigmatizing information and operate outside public policy efforts to conceal negative information from regulated background screening processes. Our study assesses the Internet search results of 225 people who have been charged or convicted of crime to…
Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Criminal justice (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Criminal record (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 work) · Adverse selection (1 work)