BAN THE BOX, CONVICTIONS, AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
研究了美国“取消犯罪记录勾选框”政策对犯罪记录者公共就业概率的影响，发现该政策使就业概率平均提高约30%，且未发现对年轻低技能少数族裔男性的统计歧视证据。
Ban the Box (BTB) policies mandate deferred access to criminal history until later in the hiring process. However, these policies chiefly target public employers. The study is the first to focus on the primary goal of BTB reform, by measuring the impact of BTB policies on the probability of public employment for those with convictions. To execute the analyses, the study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort (2005–2015) and difference‐in‐difference (DD) estimation. The study finds that BTB policies raise the probability of public employment for those with convictions by about 30% on average. Some scholars argue that BTB policies encourage statistical discrimination against young low‐skilled minority males. The study employs triple‐difference (DDD) estimation to test for statistical discrimination, but uncovers no evidence to support the hypothesis..