Replication data for: Intergenerational Effects of Incarceration

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Manudeep Bhuller; Gordon B. Dahl; Katrine V. Loken; Magne Mogstad

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Project Citation:

Bhuller, Manudeep, Dahl, Gordon B., Loken, Katrine V., and Mogstad, Magne. Replication data for: Intergenerational Effects of Incarceration. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114429V1

Project Description

Summary: An often overlooked population in discussions of prison reform is the children of inmates. How a child is affected depends both on what incarceration does to their parent and what they learn from their parent's experience. To overcome endogeneity concerns, we exploit the random assignment of judges who differ in their propensity to send defendants to prison. Using longitudinal data for Norway, we find that imprisonment has no effect on fathers' recidivism but reduces their employment by 20 percentage points. We find no evidence that paternal incarceration affects a child's criminal activity or school performance.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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