The Effect of Employment Frictions on Crime
This article provides estimates on how long it takes for released inmates to find a job and, when they find a job, how less likely they are to be incarcerated. An on-the-job search model with crime is used to model criminal behavior, derive the estimation method, and analyze policies including a job placement program. The results show that the unemployed are incarcerated twice as fast as the employed and take on average 6 months to find a job. The article demonstrates that reducing the average unemployment spell of previously incarcerated criminals by 3 months reduces crime and recidivism by more than 5%. (c) 2010 by The University of Chicago.
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2010
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Authors: | Engelhardt, Bryan |
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Journal of Labor Economics. - University of Chicago Press. - Vol. 28.2010, 3, p. 677-718
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University of Chicago Press |
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