<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_izajolp-2019-0002_s_007_w2aab3b7b2b1b6b1aab1c14b1Aa"><h3>Background</h3><p>Although 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.</p></sec><sec id="j_izajolp-2019-0002_s_008_w2aab3b7b2b1b6b1aab1c14b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>This 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.</p></sec><sec id="j_izajolp-2019-0002_s_009_w2aab3b7b2b1b6b1aab1c14b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>The 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.</p></sec><sec id="j_izajolp-2019-0002_s_010_w2aab3b7b2b1b6b1aab1c14b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Lowering the disproportionate rate at which black men are incarcerated will not in itself eliminate the unemployment gap between white and black men.</p></sec></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.

Population with Criminal Records and Racial Disparity in Labor Markets

IZA Journal of Labor Policy

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BackgroundAlthough unemployment rates are at historical lows, there is still a persistent gap between unemployment rates in black and white population. Some...

Population with Criminal Records and Racial Disparity in Labor Markets

Published Online: Jul 17, 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2019-0002

Keywords
crime, discrimination, labor market, unemployment

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Population with Criminal Records and Racial Disparity in Labor Markets

Published Online: Jul 17, 2019

Page range: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2019-0002

Keywordscrime, discrimination, labor market, unemployment

© 2019 Jasmine Boatner, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
crime, discrimination, labor market, unemployment