Ban the Box: The Effects of Criminal Background Information on Labor Market Outcomes
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Keywords
Labor discrimination; Public Policy; Labor Demand;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
- J78 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Public Policy (including comparable worth)
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2016-06-25 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2016-06-25 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-NET-2016-06-25 (Network Economics)
- NEP-URE-2016-06-25 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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