The effect of an applicant's criminal history on employer hiring decisions and screening practices: Evidence from Los Angeles

Barriers to Reentry?: The Labor Market for Released Prisoners in Post-Industrial America

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 117-150

  Holzer, Harry J ^a   Raphael, Steven ^b   Stoll, Michael A ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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