Jobs, News and Re-offending after Incarceration

Roberto Galbiati, Aurélie Ouss and Arnaud Philippe

No 17-71, IAST Working Papers from Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST)

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.

Date: 2017-09
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