RT Article
T1 Locked up and locked out?: the impact of imprisonment on labour market attachment
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 58
IS 5
SP 1044
OP 1065
A1 Bäckman, Olof
A2 Estrada, Felipe
A2 Nilsson, Anders
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1580141552
AB This article investigates what effects a first prison sentence has on labour market inclusion, both by comparing those sentenced to prison to the population as a whole, and by comparing groups of convicted offenders. We utilize longitudinal data on criminal sanctions and earnings available for two complete birth cohorts of Swedish men (N = 107,337). These data enable us to compare the labour market attachment of prison inmates both before and after imprisonment. Results from propensity score matching show small negative effects of imprisonment on post-release labour market attachment. Moreover, we find no effect for those without pre-sentence labour market attachment. Thus, the negative effects are restricted to those with some labour market attachment before imprisonment.
K1 Incarceration
K1 Employment
K1 Propensity score matching
K1 Life-chances
DO 10.1093/bjc/azx071