Episode 8: Amanda Agan on Ban the Box

Amanda Agan talks about the effects of Ban the Box policies.

RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• "Discrimination and the Effects of Drug Testing on Black Employment" by Abigail Wozniak.

• "Deleting a Signal: Evidence from Pre-Employment Credit Checks" by Alexander W. Bartik and Scott T. Nelson

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

• "The Effect of Changing Employers' Access to Criminal Histories on Ex-Offenders' Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the 2010–2012 Massachusetts CORI Reform" by Osborne Jackson and Bo Zhao

  "Does Banning the Box Help Ex-Offenders Get Jobs? Evaluating the Effects of a Prominent Example" by Evan K. Rose

• "Ban the Box, Convictions, and Public Sector Employment" by Terry-Ann Craigie

• "'Ban the Box' Measures Help High-Crime Neighborhoods" by Daniel Shoag and Stan Veuger

• "Do Ban the Box Laws Increase Crime?" by Joseph J. Sabia, Taylor Mackay, Thanh Tam Nguyen, and Dhaval M. Dave

• "Job Market Signaling through Occupational Licensing" by Peter Q. Blair and Bobby W. Chung

• "Statistical Discrimination and the Choice of Licensing: Evidence from Ban-the-Box Laws" by Riccardo Marchingiglio

• "The Effectiveness of Certificates of Relief as Collateral Consequence Relief Mechanisms: An Experimental Study" by Peter Leasure and Tia Stevens Andersen

• "Criminal Records and Housing: An Experimental Study" by Peter Leasure and Tara Martin.

• "Encouraging Desistance from Crime" by Jennifer L. Doleac