Amanda Agan talks about the effects of Ban the Box policies. This episode was first posted in July 2019.
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 65: Felipe Goncalves on whether police make too many arrests
Episode 64: Jason Baron on foster care placement
Episode 63: Elizabeth Luh on detecting racial bias in police stops
Episode 62: Yotam Shem-Tov on restorative justice diversion programs
Episode 61: Santiago Tobón on gang rule
Episode 60: Elisa Jácome on access to mental health care
Episode 14: Aaron Chalfin on street lighting and crime (REBROADCAST)
Bonus episode: Carissa Byrne Hessick on plea bargaining
Episode 25: Sara Heller on summer youth employment programs (REBROADCAST)
Episode 59: Kerri Raissian on domestic violence courts
Episode 58: Jennifer Doleac on DNA databases
Episode 57: Giovanni Mastrobuoni on predictive policing
Episode 56: Gaurav Khanna on employment and crime in Colombia
Episode 55: Morgan Williams Jr. on the race-specific effects of policing
Bonus episode: Hannah Walker on criminal justice contact and political participation
Episode 54: Carolina Arteaga on parental incarceration
Episode 53: Heyu Xiong on how legalizing marijuana affects marijuana dealers
Bonus episode: Gregg Caruso on free will and punishment
Episode 52: Katherine Eriksson on Rosenwald schools
Episode 51: Amanda Agan and Anna Harvey on misdemeanor prosecution
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