We study the effect of incarceration on wages, self-employment, and taxes and transfers in
North Carolina and Ohio using two quasi-experimental research designs: discontinuities in …

This article examines entrepreneurship as a response to labor market discrimination.
Specifically, we examine entrepreneurship as a career choice for formerly incarcerated …

Justice-impacted people face significant obstacles to employment. This article explores an
alternative pathway for these individuals to find work and income: entrepreneurship. While …

While linking records across large administrative datasets [“big data”] has the potential to
revolutionize empirical social science research, many administrative data files do not have …

This study evaluates the relationship between relative employment perceptions within licit
and illicit markets and offending. Relative labor market utility (RLMU) accounts for the …

Recidivism rates across the world remain high, and one of the key reasons for this situation
is that people leaving the prison system have great difficulty in securing employment …

Objectives We examine the relationship between incarceration rates individuals experience
in their thirties and the crime conditions they experienced throughout their youth. Methods …

Barbershops have historically been characterized as a safe space for males across
communities, especially in traditionally disadvantaged and specifically African American …

The aim of this research was to understand the transformational experiences of women in
the process of reintegration after incarceration. The study investigated the significant …

Despite burgeoning interest in the field of collateral consequences research, there is little
empirical research exploring the subjective experiences of people living with convictions …