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The Effect of Arrests on the Employment and Earnings of Young Men

Grogger, J.·1995·The Quarterly Journal of Economics
DOI 10.2307/2118510
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Many young men commit crime, and many are arrested. I estimate the effect of arrests on the employment and earnings of arrestees, using a large longitudinal data set constructed by merging police records with UI earnings data. I find that the effects of arrests are moderate in magnitude and rather short-lived.

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  • More sophisticated work uses panel data and offender fixed effects; for recidivism the evidence is mixed, while for labor market outcomes a handful of studies find either no impact or a negative effect.

    “More sophisticated work uses panel data and offender fixed effects to minimize selection issues. For recidivism, there are fewer studies using this approach and the evidence is mixed, while for labor market outcomes a handful of studies find either no impact or a negative effect.”

    From Incarceration, Recidivism, and Employment (2020) · cites this paper as Grogger (1995)

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Authors
Grogger, J.
Affiliations
University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
Corresponding author
Grogger, J.
Venue
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1995-02-01
Volume
110
Issue
1
Pages
51-71
ISSN
  • 0033-5533 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-4650
DOI
10.2307/2118510
OpenAlex
W2127732244
Cited by
401
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Quarterly Journal of Economics (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Keywords
arrests, employment, earnings, young men, criminal justice, police records, unemployment insurance, labor market outcomes

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