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Sequencing Disadvantage: Barriers to Employment Facing Young Black and White Men with Criminal Records

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2009-05, Vol.623 (1), p.195-213 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright 2009 The American Academy of Political and Social Science ;Copyright SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. May 2009 ;ISSN: 0002-7162 ;EISSN: 1552-3349 ;DOI: 10.1177/0002716208330793 ;PMID: 23459367 ;CODEN: AAYPAV

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Title:
Sequencing Disadvantage: Barriers to Employment Facing Young Black and White Men with Criminal Records
Author: Pager, Devah ; Western, Bruce ; Sugie, Naomi
Subjects: African Americans ; Black White Differences ; Consequences ; Constraints ; Criminal record ; Criminal records ; Criminals ; Discrimination ; Employability ; Employers ; Employment ; Employment Discrimination ; Employment interviews ; Ex offenders ; Hiring ; Hiring practices ; Job applicants ; Labor markets ; Low income ; Men ; New York ; New York City ; New York City, New York ; Offenders ; Pagers ; Race ; Rapport ; Resumes ; Stigma ; Teams ; Teamwork ; U.S.A ; Youth employment
Is Part Of: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2009-05, Vol.623 (1), p.195-213
Description: In this article, the authors report the results of a largescale field experiment conducted in New York City investigating the effects of race and a prison record on employment. Teams of black and white men were matched and sent to apply for low-wage jobs throughout the city, presenting equivalent resumes and differing only in their race and criminal background. The authors find a significant negative effect of a criminal record on employment outcomes that appears substantially larger for African Americans. The sequence of interactions preceding hiring decisions suggests that black applicants are less often invited to interview, thereby providing fewer opportunities to establish rapport with the employer. Furthermore, employers' general reluctance to discuss the criminal record of an applicant appears especially harmful for black ex-offenders. Overall, these results point to the importance of rapport-building for finding work, something that the stigmatizing characteristics of minority and criminal status make more difficult to achieve.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0002-7162
EISSN: 1552-3349
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208330793
PMID: 23459367
CODEN: AAYPAV
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection

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Sequencing Disadvantage: Barriers to Employment Facing Young Black and White Men with Criminal Records

Copyright 2009 The American Academy of Political and Social Science ;Copyright SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. May 2009 ;ISSN: 0002-7162 ;EISSN: 1552-3349 ;DOI: 10.1177/0002716208330793 ;PMID: 23459367 ;CODEN: AAYPAV

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