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 13: Ariel White on short jail spells and subsequent voting behavior (REBROADCAST)
Episode 6: Manisha Shah on criminalizing sex work (REBROADCAST)
Episode 50: Desmond Ang on the effects of police violence
Episode 49: Michael Makowsky on the minimum wage, EITC, and recidivism
Episode 48: Cody Tuttle on SNAP benefits and recidivism
Episode 47: Greg Midgette on the 24/7 Sobriety program
Bonus episode: Erin Kelly on punishment and responsibility
Episode 46: Anna Harvey on reducing racial disparities in crime victimization
Episode 45: Conrad Miller on racial disparities in sentencing
Bonus episode: Sarah Brayne on police surveillance
Episode 44: Arianna Ornaghi on how local news coverage affects policing
Episode 43: Elizabeth Linos on police recruiting
Episode 16: Stephen Billings on lead and crime (REBROADCAST)
Bonus episode: David Skarbek on the social order of prisons
Episode 42: Andrea Velasquez on how crime affects risk aversion
Episode 41: Matthew Lindquist on the health effects of prison
Episode 40: Emily Leslie on COVID and domestic violence
Episode 39: Anna Bindler on the labor market effects of crime victimization
Episode 38: CarlyWill Sloan on racial bias in policing
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