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Title: No Woman No Crime: Ban the Box, Employment, and Upskilling
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: A sizable number of localities have in recent years limited the use of criminal background checks in hiring decisions, or "banned the box." Using LEHD Origin-Destination Employment and American Community Survey data, we show that these bans increased employment of residents in high-crime neighborhoods by as much as 4%. These increases are particularly large in the public sector. At the same time, we establish using job postings data that employers respond to ban-the-box measures by raising experience requirements. A perhaps unintended consequence of this is that women, who are less likely to be convicted of crimes, see their employment opportunities reduced.
Url: https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/No-Woman-No-Crime-Working-Paper-1a.pdf
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Authors: Shoag, Daniel; Veuger, Stan
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Publication Number: 2016-08
Institution: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
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Publisher Location: Washington, DC
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Crime and Deviance, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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