Galbiati, Roberto, Ouss, Aurélie and Philippe, Arnaud (2017) Jobs, News and Re-offending after Incarceration. TSE Working Paper, n. 17-843, Toulouse

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Abstract

We study how local labor market conditions and information about jobs affect recidivism among former inmates. Our identification strategy exploits daily variations on new job vacancies and news coverage of job openings and closings at the county level, merged with individual-level administrative data on inmates released from French prisons. Overall job creations do not affect recidivism, but inmates released when more jobs in manufacturing are created are less likely to recidivate. We also show that media coverage of job creation reduces recidivism, beyond actual employment opportunities, suggesting implications for crime-control policies: information about employment contributes to reduce recidivism.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Language: English
Date: September 2017
Place of Publication: Toulouse
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Institution: Université Toulouse 1 Capitole
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 17 Apr 2018 07:36
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2021 15:57
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:32064
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/25699
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