Jobs, News and Reoffending after Incarceration

Examining the generality of the unemployment–crime association

Roberto Galbiati, Aurélie Ouss and Arnaud Philippe

The Economic Journal, 2021, vol. 131, issue 633, 247-270

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2021
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