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 37: Jamein Cunningham on legal services for the poor
Episode 36: Ellora Derenoncourt on the Great Migration and economic mobility
Episode 35: Erich Muehlegger on air pollution and crime
Episode 34: David Phillips on emergency financial assistance
Episode 33: Jason Lindo on violent media content
Episode 32: Sarit Weisburd on police presence and crime
Episode 19: Jeremy West on racial bias in police investigations (REBROADCAST)
Episode 10: Emily Weisburst on police officers in schools (REBROADCAST)
Episode 31: Randi Hjalmarsson on jury decision-making
Episode 30: Brittany Street on economic opportunity and crime
Episode 29: Patricio Dominguez on the interactions of offenders and victims
Episode 28: Jillian Carr on SNAP benefit distribution and crime
Episode 27: Benjamin Hansen on marijuana legalization
Episode 26: Kirabo Jackson on single-sex education
Episode 25: Sara Heller on summer youth employment programs
Bonus episode: Adam Gelb on the Council on Criminal Justice
Episode 24: Logan Lee on residential housing programs
Bonus episode: Rachel Barkow
Episode 23: Lelys Dinarte on after-school programs in El Salvador
Episode 22: Phil Levine on gun exposure and accidental shootings
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