Episode 105: 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:

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“Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Racial Discrimination: A Field Experiment" by Amanda Agan and Sonja Starr.

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"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.

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"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.

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