American Economic Journal:
Applied Economics
ISSN 1945-7782 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7790 (Online)
Halfway Home? Residential Housing and Reincarceration
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 15,
no. 3, July 2023
(pp. 117–49)
(Complimentary)
Abstract
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people are released from prison. For many, the transition back to society includes a mandatory stay in residential housing. I estimate the effect of residential housing on reincarceration using administrative data from Iowa. I address selection into residential housing by instrumenting for residential housing assignment with the recommendation rate of randomly assigned case managers. I find no evidence that Iowa's costly investment in residential housing results in reduced reincarceration relative to parole. Instead, residential housing increases reincarceration due to violent crimes and technical violations, while decreasing drug and public order crimes.Citation
Lee, Logan M. 2023. "Halfway Home? Residential Housing and Reincarceration." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 15 (3): 117–49. DOI: 10.1257/app.20200150Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
- R31 Housing Supply and Markets
- R38 Production Analysis and Firm Location: Government Policy
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