American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
Incarceration Length, Employment, and Earnings
American Economic Review
vol. 96,
no. 3, June 2006
(pp. 863–876)
Abstract
This paper estimates effects of increases in incarceration length on employment and earnings prospects of individuals after their release from prison. I utilize a variety of research designs including controlling for observable factors and using instrumental variables for incarceration length based on randomly assigned judges with different sentencing propensities. The results show no consistent evidence of adverse labor market consequences of longer incarceration length using any of the analytical methods in either the state system in Florida or the federal system in California. (JEL: J24; K42)Citation
Kling, Jeffrey, R. 2006. "Incarceration Length, Employment, and Earnings." American Economic Review, 96 (3): 863–876. DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.3.863Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law