Amanda Agan talks about the effects of Ban the Box policies. This episode was first posted in July 2019.
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RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:"Discrimination and the Effects of Drug Testing on Black Employment" by Abigail Wozniak.
"Deleting a Signal: Evidence from Pre-Employment Credit Checks" by Alexander W. Bartik and Scott T. Nelson
"Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Racial Discrimination: A Field Experiment" by Amanda Agan and Sonja Starr.
"The Unintended Consequences of Ban the Box: Statistical Discrimination and Employment Outcomes When Criminal Histories are Hidden" by Jennifer L. Doleac and Benjamin Hansen.
"The Effect of Changing Employers' Access to Criminal Histories on Ex-Offenders' Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the 2010–2012 Massachusetts CORI Reform" by Osborne Jackson and Bo Zhao
"Does Banning the Box Help Ex-Offenders Get Jobs? Evaluating the Effects of a Prominent Example" by Evan K. Rose
"Ban the Box, Convictions, and Public Sector Employment" by Terry-Ann Craigie
"'Ban the Box' Measures Help High-Crime Neighborhoods" by Daniel Shoag and Stan Veuger
"Do Ban the Box Laws Increase Crime?" by Joseph J. Sabia, Taylor Mackay, Thanh Tam Nguyen, and Dhaval M. Dave
"Job Market Signaling through Occupational Licensing" by Peter Q. Blair and Bobby W. Chung
"Statistical Discrimination and the Choice of Licensing: Evidence from Ban-the-Box Laws" by Riccardo Marchingiglio
"The Effectiveness of Certificates of Relief as Collateral Consequence Relief Mechanisms: An Experimental Study" by Peter Leasure and Tia Stevens Andersen
"Criminal Records and Housing: An Experimental Study" by Peter Leasure and Tara Martin.
"Encouraging Desistance from Crime" by Jennifer L. Doleac
Episode 22: Phil Levine on gun exposure and accidental shootings (REBROADCAST)
Episode 35: Erich Muehlegger on air pollution and crime (REBROADCAST)
Episode 79: Jenny Williams on electronic monitoring
Episode 78: Sandip Sukhtankar on Women’s Help Desks in police stations in India
Episode 77: Elizabeth Linos on reducing burnout for 911 dispatchers
Episode 76: Tim Moore on the long-term effects of the crack cocaine epidemic
Episode 75: Panka Bencsik on diversion for drug possession arrests
Episode 74: Bryan Stuart on social connectedness and crime
Episode 73: Danila Serra on ethics training for police in Ghana
Episode 72: Manasi Deshpande on SSI benefits and crime
Bonus episode: Chris Blattman on why we fight
Episode 71: Zoë Cullen on increasing employment for people with criminal records
Episode 70: Pedro Souza on police body-worn cameras
Episode 21: Aurelie Ouss on reducing failures-to-appear in court (REBROADCAST)
Episode 31: Randi Hjalmarsson on jury decision-making (REBROADCAST)
Episode 69: Molly Schnell on school shootings
Bonus episode: Sarah Lageson on digital punishment
Episode 68: Andrew Barr on nutritional assistance in early childhood
Episode 67: David Phillips on mental health care for people released from jail
Episode 66: Aaron Chalfin on what motivates police officers
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