reintegrate into society. The inability to find stable work is often cited as a key determinant of failed re-entry (or “recidivism …”). However, empirical evidence that demonstrates a causal impact of job opportunities on recidivism is sparse. In fact, several … randomized evaluations of employment-focused programs find increases in employment but little impact on recidivism. Recent …

's criminal justice system, offering new insights into how incarceration affects subsequent crime and employment. We construct a … further criminal behavior. For previously employed individuals, while there is no effect on recidivism, there is a lasting … panel dataset containing the criminal behavior and labor market outcomes of the entire population, and exploit the random …

variations in program availability in Quebec (Canada) to estimate their effects on recidivism. We find that reintegration … issues and other program types are not found to affect recidivism. These results suggest that specific rehabilitation …

characteristics of the young offenders. The juvenile punishment experiment was initially conducted in certain criminal courts only and …