Population with Criminal Records and Racial Disparity in Labor Markets

Boatner Jasmine ()
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Boatner Jasmine: The University of California, Irvine, The Department of Economics, School of Social Sciences, 3151 Social Sciences Plaza, Irvine, CA, USA

IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2019, vol. 9, issue 1, 13

Abstract: BackgroundAlthough unemployment rates are at historical lows, there is still a persistent gap between unemployment rates in black and white population. Some have proposed that part of the gap for men can be explained by the higher rate of criminal records in the black population.MethodsThis analysis aims to use negative binomial regressions and the detailed crime data available from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 survey to determine if black men with criminal records appear to be the driving force behind the gap.ResultsThe author finds that there are significant deviations in labor market outcomes depending on race and ethnicity, even when controlling for a criminal record and premarket skills.ConclusionsLowering the disproportionate rate at which black men are incarcerated will not in itself eliminate the unemployment gap between white and black men.

Keywords: crime; discrimination; labor market; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J01 J64 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2478/izajolp-2019-0002

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