Free to work: Measuring workforce outcomes after Illinois' criminal records reforms

Darwyyn Deyo () and Alicia Plemmons

Economics Letters, 2025, vol. 247, issue C

Abstract: We provide the first analysis of economic outcomes from the 2017 Illinois reform to its Civil Administrative Code, which restricted licensing boards from denying licenses based on previous criminal convictions and annual reporting. We observe increases in employment within generally licensed industries as compared with unlicensed occupations, and a reduction in crime after the collateral consequence reform. Finally, we discuss implications for states considering these policies.

Keywords: Occupational licensing, collateral consequences; Employment; Economics of crime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112095

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