The Impact of Incarceration in State Prison on the Employment Prospects of Women
This paper uses a unique data set constructed from two sets of administrative records to examine the relationship between incarceration and employment rates for former female state prisoners from Illinois. Our analysis indicates that although prison is associated with declining employment rates duri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2008, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 243-265 |
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| Summary: | This paper uses a unique data set constructed from two sets of administrative records to examine the relationship between incarceration and employment rates for former female state prisoners from Illinois. Our analysis indicates that although prison is associated with declining employment rates during the quarters leading up to women’s incarcerations, it does not appear to harm their employment prospects later on. In the short-term, we estimate that women’s post-prison employment rates are about 4 percentage points above expected levels. However, these employment gains do not persist and gradually fall back to pre-prison levels. These results indicate that time out of the work force is not a cost associated with incarcerating women. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-7799 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10940-008-9050-x |