Locked Up and Locked Out? the Impact of Imprisonment on Labour Market Attachment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8400399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olof Bäckman (0000-0003-4036-387X, Stockholm University, corresponding author), Felipe Estrada (0000-0002-9691-4063, Stockholm University), Anders Nilsson (0000-0003-1968-8696, Stockholm University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1044-1065 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azx071 |
| OpenAlex | W2769145639 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 31 |
This article investigates what effects a first prison sentence has on labour market inclusion, both by comparing those sentenced to prison to the population as a whole, and by comparing groups of convicted offenders. We utilize longitudinal data on criminal sanctions and earnings available for two complete birth cohorts of Swedish men (N = 107,337). These data enable us to compare the labour market attachment of prison inmates both before and after imprisonment. Results from propensity score matching show small negative effects of imprisonment on post-release labour market attachment. Moreover, we find no effect for those without pre-sentence labour market attachment. Thus, the negative effects are restricted to those with some labour market attachment before imprisonment.
Criminology · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Imprisonment · Labour economics · Longitudinal data · Matching (statistics) · Political science · Population · Prison · Prison population · Propensity score matching · Sanctions · Sentence · Sociology · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · Law · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |