Data and Code for: The Effects of Parental and Sibling Incarceration: Evidence from Ohio
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Samuel Norris, University of Chicago; Matthew Pecenco, Brown University; Jeffrey Weaver, University of Southern California
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Project Citation:
Norris, Samuel, Pecenco, Matthew, and Weaver, Jeffrey. Data and Code for: The Effects of Parental and Sibling Incarceration: Evidence from Ohio. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-02-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E132762V2
Project Description
Summary:
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Every year, millions of Americans experience the incarceration of a family member. Using 30 years of administrative data from Ohio and exploiting differing incarceration propensities of randomly assigned judges, this paper provides the first quasi-experimental estimates of the effects of parental and sibling incarceration in the US. Contrary to conventional wisdom, parental incarceration has a net positive effect on some important outcomes for children, reducing their likelihood of incarceration by 4.9 percentage points and improving their adult neighborhood quality. While estimates on academic performance and teen parenthood are imprecise, we reject large positive or negative effects. Sibling incarceration leads to similar reductions in criminal activity.
Funding Sources:
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National Institute of Justice (2016-R2-CX-0022);
National Science Foundation (1628126);
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship;
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Incarceration;
Parental Incarceration
JEL Classification:
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J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
K14 Criminal Law
K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
K14 Criminal Law
K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Geographic Coverage:
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Cuyahoga County, Franklin County, Hamilton County in Ohio
Time Period(s):
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1973 – 2018
Collection Date(s):
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2017 – 2019
Universe:
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Children of incarcerated parents in Cuyahoga County, Franklin County, and Hamilton County
Data Type(s):
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administrative records data
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