Population with Criminal Records and Racial Disparity in Labor Markets

Although unemployment rates are at historical lows, there is still a persistent gap between unemployment rates in black and white population. Some have proposed that part of the gap for men can be explained by the higher rate of criminal records in the black population.

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Main Author:	Boatner Jasmine
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2019-07-01
Series:	IZA Journal of Labor Policy
Subjects:	crime discrimination labor market unemployment j01 j64 j71
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2019-0002

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title	Population with Criminal Records and Racial Disparity in Labor Markets
title_short	Population with Criminal Records and Racial Disparity in Labor Markets
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series	IZA Journal of Labor Policy
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publishDate	2019-07-01
description	Although unemployment rates are at historical lows, there is still a persistent gap between unemployment rates in black and white population. Some have proposed that part of the gap for men can be explained by the higher rate of criminal records in the black population.
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Population with Criminal Records and Racial Disparity in Labor Markets

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