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Title: Collateral Costs: The Effects of Incarceration on the Employment and Earnings of Young Workers
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1. Holzer, Harry J.
Collateral Costs: The Effects of Incarceration on the Employment and Earnings of Young Workers
IZA Discussion Paper No 3118, Institute for the Study of Labor, October 2007.
Also: http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/bitstream/10419/34750/1/548722005.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Keyword(s): Crime; Earnings; Education; Employment; Incarceration/Jail; Racial Studies; State-Level Data/Policy

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In this paper I review the empirical evidence on the effects of incarceration on the subsequent employment and earnings of less-educated young prisoners. In this discussion I include evidence from: 1) Employer surveys and audit studies of hiring; 2) Survey data (mostly from the NLSY79) and administrative data; and 3) state-level incarceration data linked to micro employment data for young black men. The strengths and weaknesses of each type of analysis are discussed as well. The preponderance of the evidence considered suggests that, all else equal, spells of incarceration do tend to reduce subsequent employment and earnings for those with criminal records.
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Holzer, Harry J. "Collateral Costs: The Effects of Incarceration on the Employment and Earnings of Young Workers." IZA Discussion Paper No 3118, Institute for the Study of Labor, October 2007.