Breaking down barriers: experiments into policies that might incentivize employers to hire ex-offenders

The rate of criminal punishment in the United States has had far-reaching economic consequences, in large part because people with criminal records are marginalized within the labor market. Given these negative economic implications, federal, state and local officials have developed a host of policies to encourage employers to hire ex-offenders, with varying degrees of success. To inform policies and programs aimed at improving employment rates for ex-offenders, we examined employer preferences regarding policy options targeted to incentivize hiring individuals with one nonviolent felony convi ... Show more

Authors: Hunt, Priscillia E.; Smart, Rosanna; Jonsson, Lisa; Tsang, Flavia

Published: Santa Monica, California, RAND, 2018

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 27 p. (report) + 19 p. (appendix)

Access item: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2142.html

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