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Does Banning the Box Help Ex-Offenders Get Jobs? Evaluating the Effects of a Prominent Example

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This paper uses administrative employment and conviction data to evaluate laws that restrict access to job seekers’ criminal records. Convictions generate decreases in employment and earnings, partly due to shifts toward lower-paying industries less likely to check criminal histories. However, a 2013 Seattle law barring employers from examining job seekers’ records until after an initial screening had negligible impacts on ex-offenders’ labor market outcomes. The results are consistent with employers deferring background checks until later in the interview process or ex-offenders applying only to jobs where clean records are not required, a pattern supported by survey evidence.

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  • Evan K. Rose, 2021. "Does Banning the Box Help Ex-Offenders Get Jobs? Evaluating the Effects of a Prominent Example," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 39(1), pages 79-113.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jlabec:doi:10.1086/708063
    DOI: 10.1086/708063
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    1. Bastien Michel & Camille Hémet, 2022. "Custodial versus non-custodial sentences: Long-run evidence from an anticipated reform," PSE Working Papers halshs-03899897, HAL.
    2. Ericka Luz Q. Curib & Jiavair F. Mamowalas & Renier D. Namoco & Jones Claire C. Sanchez. & Bernaflor B. Canape & Jose F. Cuevas Jr., 2023. "Aftermath of Incarceration: Lived Experiences of the Ex-Convict," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 7(6), pages 857-868, June.
    3. Bulent Guler & Amanda M. Michaud, 2024. "Dynamics of Deterrence: A Macroeconomic Perspective on Punitive Justice Policy," Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute Working Papers 101, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
    4. Carl Lieberman & Elizabeth Luh & Michael Mueller-Smith, 2023. "Criminal court fees, earnings, and expenditures: A multi-state RD analysis of survey and administrative data," Working Papers 23-06, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
    5. Grace Armijos-Bravo & Segundo Camino-Mogro, 2023. "Covid-19 Lockdown in Ecuador: Are there Gender Differences in Unemployment?," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(6), pages 833-853, June.

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