Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/280544 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
AEI Economics Working Paper No. 2016-08
Version Description: 
Updated June 2020
Publisher: 
American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
A sizable number of localities have in recent years limited the use of criminal background checks in hiring decisions, or "banned the box." Using LEHD Origin-Destination Employment and American Community Survey data, we show that these bans increased employment of residents in high-crime neighborhoods by as much as 4%. These increases are particularly large in the public sector. At the same time, we establish using job postings data that employers respond to ban-the-box measures by raising experience requirements. A perhaps unintended consequence of this is that women, who are less likely to be convicted of crimes, see their employment opportunities reduced.
Subjects: 
Labor economics
Prison Education and Reentry
JEL: 
A
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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