- Speaker
- Date
- Monday 11 Dec 2023, 11:30 - 12:30
- Type
- Seminar
- Room
- 3-18
- Building
- Polak Building
We investigate whether removing or reducing the severity of a previously obtained criminal record improves employment outcomes. Using quasi-experimental strategies and a field experiment, we estimate the causal impact of criminal record remediation laws that have been widely enacted with the goal of improving employment opportunities for millions of individuals with records.
Joint with Andrew Garin, Dmitri Koustas, Alex Mas, and Crystal Yang
We find consistent evidence that removing or reducing the severity of an existing record does not improve labour market outcomes, on average. There are some notable exceptions for gig work and for individuals with relatively recent felony convictions. The evidence is consistent with records initially scarring labour market trajectories in a way that is difficult to undo later.
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