Episode 71: Zoë Cullen on increasing employment for people with criminal records

Zoë Cullen talks about how to incentivize employers to hire workers with criminal records.

“Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record” by Zoë Cullen, Will Dobbie, and Mitchell Hoffman.

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OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “The Effect of Criminal Records on Access to Employment” by Amanda Agan and Sonja B. Starr.

• “The Unintended Consequences of “Ban the Box”: Statistical Discrimination and Employment Outcomes When Criminal Histories Are Hidden” by Jennifer L. Doleac and Benjamin Hansen.

• Episode 8 of Probable Causation: Amanda Agan

• “Inefficient Hiring in Entry-Level Labor Markets” by Amanda Pallais.

• “The Effects of Letters of Recommendation in the Youth Labor Market” by Sara B. Heller and Judd B. Kessler.