TY - JOUR
T1 - Entrepreneurship as a response to labor market discrimination for formerly incarcerated people
AU - Hwang, Kylie Jiwon
AU - Phillips, Damon J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This paper examines entrepreneurship as a way to overcome labor market discrimination for formerly incarcerated people. Using the United States National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 data, we find that formerly incarcerated people are more likely to become entrepreneurs compared to individuals without a criminal record. We take advantage of an exogenous policy shock “Ban-the-Box” to disentangle the underlying mechanism of how labor market discrimination affects formerly incarcerated individuals in their entrepreneurial choices. We find that entrepreneurship is a viable alternative career choice for formerly incarcerated people, yielding both higher income and lower recidivism rates.
AB - This paper examines entrepreneurship as a way to overcome labor market discrimination for formerly incarcerated people. Using the United States National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 data, we find that formerly incarcerated people are more likely to become entrepreneurs compared to individuals without a criminal record. We take advantage of an exogenous policy shock “Ban-the-Box” to disentangle the underlying mechanism of how labor market discrimination affects formerly incarcerated individuals in their entrepreneurial choices. We find that entrepreneurship is a viable alternative career choice for formerly incarcerated people, yielding both higher income and lower recidivism rates.
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U2 - 10.5465/AMBPP.2020.205
DO - 10.5465/AMBPP.2020.205
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85208732603
SN - 0065-0668
JO - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
JF - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
T2 - 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2020: Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AoM 2020
Y2 - 7 August 2020 through 11 August 2020
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