RT Article
T1 Do Older Female Ex-Prisoners Participate in the Labour Market?
JF Women & criminal justice
VO 34
IS 1
SP 1
OP 15
A1 Błędowski, Piotr
A2 Felczak, Joanna
A2 Gałecka-Burdziak, Ewa
A2 Góra, Marek 1956-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1879931524
AB We investigate labor force participation of female ex-offenders who served their first sentence late in life. We investigate whether ex-offenders’ labor market attachment differed before and after their imprisonment, and whether being employed helped them avoid or postpone recidivism. We contribute to the existing research on this topic by examining a very specific, yet disadvantaged group of workers in a longitudinal study using administrative data from all public employment offices in Poland for the period of 1 June 2004 to 31 December 2017. We find that while the older female ex-prisoners were indeed loosely attached to the labor market, being employed decreased their risk of a second imprisonment by 90%, and postponed recidivism. We also show that the multidimensionality of job quality matters, and that being attached to the labor force mattered most for ex-offenders with only one conviction, which should be taken into account in formulating social reintegration policies.
K1 J88
K1 J64
K1 I39
K1 C55
K1 C41
K1 Unemployment
K1 recurrent event data models
K1 Recidivism
K1 multi-state models
K1 Incarceration
K1 Employment
DO 10.1080/08974454.2021.1976700