Understanding whether labor market discrimination explains inferior labor market outcomes
for many groups has drawn the attention of labor economists for decades—at least since the …

Disparities by race, gender, and other protected characteristics have been widely
documented in many important settings—such as employment, housing, criminal justice …

ABSTRACT US labor markets became much less fluid in recent decades. Job reallocation
rates fell more than a quarter after 1990, and worker reallocation rates fell more than a …

Ample experimental evidence shows that the stigma of a prison record reduces employment
opportunities (Pager, 2007). Yet background checks today uncover a much broader range of …

This paper investigates the pre-and post-release impacts of incarceration on criminal
behavior, economic wellbeing and family formation using new data from Harris County …

Jurisdictions across the United States have adopted “ban the box”(BTB) policies preventing
employers from asking about job applicants' criminal records until late in the hiring process …

Abstract “Ban the Box”(BTB) policies restrict employers from asking about applicants'
criminal histories on job applications and are often presented as a means of reducing …

New,“big data” sources allow measurement of city characteristics and outcome variables at
higher collection frequencies and more granular geographic scales than ever before …

Criminal background checks have now become ubiquitous because of advances in
information technology and growing concerns about employer liability. Also, a large number …

ABSTRACT Jurisdictions across the United States have adopted" ban the box"(BTB) policies
preventing employers from conducting criminal background checks until late in the job …