Need Not Apply: The Racial Disparate Impact of Pre-Employment Criminal Background ChecksThe Fair Credit Reporting Act should be amended to prohibit the general use of criminal background checks in the hiring process due to...
Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Racial Discrimination: A Field ExperimentSome argue Ban the Box policies are harmful to Black men: prior to BTB, white applicants were 7% more likely than comparable Black...
'...Yeah, I could hire this one, but I know it's gonna be a problem': How Race, Nativity and....Employers have much more positive perceptions of Latino immigrant workers compared to Black workers, based on their beliefs that...
Sequencing Disadvantage: Barriers to Employment Facing Young Black and White Men with Criminal....Racism and criminal records play a significant role in whether interpersonal interactions with employers are helpful to job applicants....
Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market: A Field ExperimentBlack applicants without criminal records are considered to be on the same playing field by employers as white applicants with a criminal...
Race, Place, and Crime: How Violent Crime Events Affect Employment DiscriminationEmployer exposure to recent violent crime negatively impacts Black job applicants, regardless of whether they possess a criminal...
Perceived Criminality, Criminal Background Checks, and the Racial Hiring Practices of EmployersEmployers who run criminal background checks are more likely to hire Black men than those that don't conduct background checks,...