Probable Causation

Amanda Agan on how sealing criminal records affects employment

Amanda Agan talks about how sealing criminal records affects employment. “ Can you Erase the Mark of a Criminal Record? Labor Market Impacts of Criminal Record Remediation ” by Amanda Agan, Andrew Garin, Dmitri Koustas, Alex Mas, and Crystal Yang. OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE: Probable Causation Episode 9: Michael Mueller-Smith “ Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Racial Discrimination: A Field Experiment " by Amanda Agan and Sonja Starr. Probable Causation Episode 8: Amanda Agan " The mark of a criminal record " by Devah Pager. " The edge of stigma: An experimental audit of the effects of low-level criminal records on employment " by Christopher Uggen, Mike Vuolo, Sarah Lageson, Ebony Ruhland, and Hilary K. Whitham. " Does banning the box help ex-offenders get jobs? Evaluating the effects of a prominent example " by Evan K. Rose. " The criminal and labor market impacts of incarceration " by Michael Mueller-Smith. " Expungement of criminal convictions: An empirical study " by J.J. Prescott and Sonja Starr. " Unmarked: Criminal Record Clearing and Employment Outcomes " by Jeffrey Selbin, Justin McCrary, and Joshua Epstein. " America's paper prisons: The second chance gap " by Colleen Chien. " Misdemeanor Prosecution " by Amanda Agan, Jennifer L. Doleac, and Anna Harvey. Probable Causation Episode 51: Amanda Agan and Anna Harvey " Labor Market Impacts of Reducing Felony Convictions " by Amanda Y. Agan, Andrew Garin, Dmitri K. Koustas, Alexandre Mas, and Crystal Yang. " Is it time to let go of the past? Effect of clean slate regulation on employment and earnings " by Kabir Dasgupta, Keshar Ghimire, and Alexander Plum. " Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record " by Zoë Cullen, Will Dobbie, and Mitchell Hoffman. Probable Causation Episode 71: Zoë Cullen

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