Comparing Apples to Oranges: Differences in Women's and Men's Incarceration and Sentencing Outcomes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Butcher, Kristin F.; Park, Kyung H.; Piehl, Anne Morrison
• 署名单位: Wellesley College; National Bureau of Economic Research; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/691276
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: S201-S234
• 关键词: inference; MARKET

摘要

Using detailed administrative records, we find that, on average, women receive lighter sentences in comparison with men along both extensive and intensive margins. Using parametric and semiparametric decomposition methods, roughly 30% of the gender differences in incarceration cannot be explained by the observed criminal characteristics of offense and offender. We also find evidence of considerable heterogeneity across judges in their treatment of female and male offenders. There is little evidence, however, that tastes for gender discrimination are driving the mean gender disparity or the variance in treatment between judges.