Prisoners' labour market history and aspirations: A focus on Western Australia

This paper examines the employability and labour market aspirations of prisoners. The results suggest that repeat prisoners are less likely to be employed than non-repeat prisoners. However, a large proportion of the employment differential between repeat and non-repeat prisoners is due to diffe...

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Main Authors: Giles, M., Le, Tram
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23238
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description This paper examines the employability and labour market aspirations of prisoners. The results suggest that repeat prisoners are less likely to be employed than non-repeat prisoners. However, a large proportion of the employment differential between repeat and non-repeat prisoners is due to differences in coefficients. There is no evidence to suggest that the frequency of incarceration affects individual characteristics that may limit prisoners’ labour market aspirations after their release from prison.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-232382017-09-13T13:59:02Z Prisoners' labour market history and aspirations: A focus on Western Australia Giles, M. Le, Tram This paper examines the employability and labour market aspirations of prisoners. The results suggest that repeat prisoners are less likely to be employed than non-repeat prisoners. However, a large proportion of the employment differential between repeat and non-repeat prisoners is due to differences in coefficients. There is no evidence to suggest that the frequency of incarceration affects individual characteristics that may limit prisoners’ labour market aspirations after their release from prison. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23238 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2007.00374.x Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia restricted
spellingShingle Giles, M.
Le, Tram
Prisoners' labour market history and aspirations: A focus on Western Australia
title Prisoners' labour market history and aspirations: A focus on Western Australia
title_full Prisoners' labour market history and aspirations: A focus on Western Australia
title_fullStr Prisoners' labour market history and aspirations: A focus on Western Australia
title_full_unstemmed Prisoners' labour market history and aspirations: A focus on Western Australia
title_short Prisoners' labour market history and aspirations: A focus on Western Australia
title_sort prisoners' labour market history and aspirations: a focus on western australia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23238