Local labor market inequality and mass incarceration
Using local-level data on incarceration rates by race, we explore the relationship between income inequality, poverty, and incarceration at the commuting zone level from 1950 to the present. We find that labor markets with higher levels of inequality experienced larger increases in overall incarcera...
| Main Author: | Petach, Luke. |
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| Other Authors: | Pena, Anita Alves., Colorado State University. Regional Economic Development Institute. |
| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Fort Collins, Colo. :
Colorado State University, Regional Economic Development Institute,
2019.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) : illustration, maps. |
| Series: |
REDI report (Colorado State University. Regional Economic Development Institute) ;
2019, October. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
Access online |