prisons in 2002-08. The employment rate of the prisoners falls short of 20% one year before incarceration, and they earn 25 …We study the entry into legitimate employment and earnings of a large sample of convicts released from Hungarian …% below the national average. We identify the effect of prison by exploiting differences in the timing of incarceration and …

's criminal justice system, offering new insights into how incarceration affects subsequent crime and employment. We construct a … reduction extends beyond incapacitation. Incarceration decreases the probability an individual will reoffend within 5 years by … shows positive associations between incarceration and subsequent criminal behavior. This sharp contrast suggests the high …

The majority of individuals released from prison face limited employment opportunities and do not successfully … randomized evaluations of employment-focused programs find increases in employment but little impact on recidivism. Recent … evidence points to wages and job quality as important determinants of recidivism among former prisoners. …