TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kling,Jeffrey R.
TI  - Incarceration Length, Employment, and Earnings
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 12003
PY  - 2006
Y2  - February 2006
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12003
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12003.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Jeffrey R. Kling
Congressional Budget Office
3403 Ordway St NW
Washington, DC 20016
E-Mail: jeffrey.r.kling@gmail.com
AB  - This paper estimates effects of increases in incarceration length on employment and earnings prospects of individuals after their release from prison. I utilize a variety of research designs including controlling for observable factors and using instrumental variables for incarceration length based on randomly assigned judges with different sentencing propensities. The results show no consistent evidence of adverse labor market consequences of longer incarceration length using any of the analytical methods in either the state system in Florida or the federal system in California.
ER  -