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Racial Differences in Postprison Employment

NCJ Number
91536
Journal
Social Science Quarterly Volume: 64 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1983) Pages: 655-669
Author(s)
S L Myers
Date Published
1983
Length
15 pages
Annotation
Reduced-form postprison-hours-worked equations that take account of the interdependence of employment and crime are specified and estimated.
Abstract
The sample consists of 432 randomly selected ex-prisoners participating in a controlled unemployment insurance experiment. Significant differences are found between the impacts of preprison disadvantage, immediate postprison success and unemployment assistance on the employment of black and white ex-offenders. The findings suggest the possibility of structural differences in labor markets faced by different ex-offender subgroups and point to a possible explanation of why ex-offender employment programs appear not to work. (Author abstract)

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