JOBS, NEWS AND REOFFENDING AFTER INCARCERATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Galbiati, Roberto; Ouss, Aurelie; Philippe, Arnaud
• 署名单位: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); University of Pennsylvania; University of Bristol; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Institut d'Etudes Politiques Paris (Sciences Po)
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueaa057
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 247-270
• 关键词: field experiment; EMPLOYMENT; crime; unemployment; INFORMATION; prison

摘要

We study how local labour market conditions and information about job availability affect recidivism after incarceration. We exploit daily variations in the quality of the labour market at the time of release from prison. We combine individual-level administrative data on former inmates in France to county-level daily data on new job vacancies, and on newspaper coverage of job creation and destruction. Our analysis provides two new findings. First, media coverage of job creation reduces recidivism, suggesting that policies promoting access to information about employment opportunities can contribute to reducing recidivism. Second, we show that there is heterogeneity in what kinds of jobs affect recidivism: in France, former inmates do not respond to overall job creation, but better opportunities in manufacturing jobs at release reduce recidivism rates.