The Effect of Arrests on the Employment and Earnings of Young Men

The Effect of Arrests on the Employment and Earnings of Young Men

Many young men commit crime, and many are arrested. I estimate the effect of arrests on the employment and earnings of arrestees, using a large longitudinal data set constructed by merging police records with UI earnings data. I find that the effects of arrests are moderate in magnitude and rather s...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Quarterly journal of economics 1995-02, Vol.110 (1), p.51-71
1. Verfasser: Grogger, Jeffrey
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Arrest records
Arrests
Criminal arrests
Criminal prosecution
Criminal registers
Criminal sentencing
Criminals
Demographic aspects
Economic aspects
Employment
Jails
Juvenile delinquency
Labor market
Labor markets
Men
Prisons
Social research
Wages
Wages & salaries
Young men
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Zusammenfassung:Many young men commit crime, and many are arrested. I estimate the effect of arrests on the employment and earnings of arrestees, using a large longitudinal data set constructed by merging police records with UI earnings data. I find that the effects of arrests are moderate in magnitude and rather short-lived.
ISSN:0033-5533
1531-4650
DOI:10.2307/2118510