Good Jobs and Recidivism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9720579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin T Schnepel (The University of Sydney and IZA), Kevin Schnepel (0000-0002-7854-0790, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 128 |
| Issue | 608 |
| Pages | 447-469 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12415 |
| OpenAlex | W2259600165 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 47 |
| References cited | 34 |
I estimate the impact of employment opportunities on recidivism among 1.7 million offenders released from a California prison between 1993 and 2008. The institutional structure of the California criminal justice system as well as location, skill, and industry‐specific job accession data provide a unique framework for identifying a causal effect of job availability on criminal behaviour. I find that increases in construction and manufacturing opportunities at the time of release are associated with significant reductions in recidivism. Other types of opportunities, including those characterised by lower wages that are typically accessible to individuals with criminal records, do not influence recidivism
Criminology · Economics · Recidivism · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Psychology
Do place-based capital investment policies influence public safety? Evidence from the Opportunity Zones program
Inside Prison
Green reentry
College Behind Bars [Docuseries]
A qualitative exploration of factors associated with recidivism in South Africa
Industry-specific Labour Demand, Post-prison Employment and Recidivism – Evidence from Finland
Economic Booms and Recidivism
On the Margins
The Unintended Consequences of “Ban the Box”
Recidivism and Neighborhood Institutions
Labor market returns to a prison GED
Staying out of trouble? Effect of high school career counseling on crime
Citizenship on probation
Which prisoner reentry programs work? Replicating and extending analyses of three RCTs
The price of expungements
Built environment vocational training for justice-involved youth in Australia
From prison to profession
Pathways to second chances
Do Better Prisons Reduce Recidivism? Evidence from a Prison Construction Program
The General versus Specific Deterrence Effects of Expungements
Returning to Class
Local Government Spending
Does Nothing Stop a Bullet Like a Job? The Effects of Income on Crime
Fighting labor market discrimination with ban the box (BTB)
Testing public policy at the frontier
Increasing Employment of People with Records
Preventing Sexual Violence on Campus in the U.S
Recidivism, Labor Markets, and Prison Conditions
Production and persistence of criminal skills
Keeping an eye on the villain
Criminal Justice Involvement, Self‐Employment, and Barriers in Recent Public Policy
Does visitation in prison reduce recidivism
The Effect of Public Health Insurance on Criminal Recidivism
Does urban development influence crime? Evidence from Philadelphia’s new zoning regulations
Sociohistorical context and post-prison life course
Can I See Some Identification? The Impact of Receiving Identification on Recidivism Upon Release From Prison
Jobs, News and Reoffending after Incarceration
Formal Employment and Organised Crime
Can prisons move people into better jobs? A look at correctional vocational training programs and sectoral employment outcomes
Less Eligibility, Welfare, and Punishment
The Effects of SNAP Work Requirement on Recidivism
Misleading Percentages
Justice-Involved Individuals in the Labor Market since the Great Recession
The Effect of E-Verify Laws on Crime
Institutional Effectiveness and Economic Development
The changing socioeconomic composition of the Finnish prison population
Incarceration, stigma, and labor power
The long-term labor market consequences of graduating from college in a bad economy
Assessing Recidivism Risk Across Female Pathways to Crime
A Practitioner’s Guide to Cluster-Robust Inference
Perceived Criminality, Criminal Background Checks, and the Racial Hiring Practices of Employers
Market Wages and Youth Crime
Identifying the Effect of Unemployment on Crime
Bootstrap-Based Improvements for Inference with Clustered Errors
Your Friends and Neighbors
Crime Rates and Local Labor Market Opportunities in the United States
Abolish Lifetime Bans for Ex‐felons
The Distributional Effects of Local Labor Demand and Industrial Mix
Participation in Illegitimate Activities
Crime and Punishment
Race‐specific Employment Contexts and Recidivism
Turning Points in the Life Course
Unemployment and Crime Rates in the Post-World War II United States
When does education matter? The protective effect of education for cohorts graduating in bad times
Work as a Turning Point in the Life Course of Criminals
| Unique citing works | 47 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 46 |