Pretrial justice reform and black–white difference in employment

Jung K. Kim and Yumi Koh

Applied Economics, 2022, vol. 54, issue 12, 1396-1414

Abstract: While criminal justice reforms aimed at reducing the size of pretrial detainee population are being implemented across the U.S., little is known about their impact on the labour market. Using difference-in-differences approach, we find that the 2017 New Jersey Criminal Justice Reform increased the employment probability among blacks in their prime working age (i.e. 25–54) by 4.2 to 6.8 percentage points; its effect among whites is negligible. Labour force participation, full-time job status, and working hours among blacks also increased. Our findings suggest that individuals not detained pretrial are absorbed by the formal labour market and that this contributes to an overall increase in employment.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2021.1976387

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