Prisoners' Labour Market History and Aspirations: A Focus on Western Australia

This paper examines the employability and labour market aspirations of prisoners. The results suggest that repeat prisoners are less likely to be employed than non‐repeat prisoners. However, a large proportion of the employment differential between repeat and non‐repeat prisoners is due to differenc...

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Published inThe Economic record Vol. 83; no. 260; pp. 31 - 45
Main Authors GILES, MARGARET, LE, ANH T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.03.2007
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Australia
Economic theory
Empirical tests
Ex-convicts
J60
J64
Job search
Labor economics
Labor market
Labour economics
Labour market participation
Prisoners
Rehabilitation of criminals
Studies
Western Australia
Australia
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Summary:This paper examines the employability and labour market aspirations of prisoners. The results suggest that repeat prisoners are less likely to be employed than non‐repeat prisoners. However, a large proportion of the employment differential between repeat and non‐repeat prisoners is due to differences in coefficients. There is no evidence to suggest that the frequency of incarceration affects individual characteristics that may limit prisoners’ labour market aspirations after their release from prison.
Bibliography:ArticleID:ECOR374
The authors wish to thank Paul Miller, the participants at the 2004/05 Australian Labour Market Workshop, the University of Western Australia, December 6-7 and two anonymous referees for helpful comments.
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ISSN:0013-0249
1475-4932
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4932.2007.00374.x