Houston, Ellen, Bernstein, Jared
Description
Product Description Economic theory predicts a cause-and-effect relationship between improvements in the labor market and lower rates of crime. Empiri
...
cal support for this causal connection means that labor market policies can play a role in reducing crime rates. To lift the economic prospects of all low-wage workers is not only a worthy economic and social goal, but one that will pay off in the long run by offering potential criminals a legitimate alternative to crime. About the Author Jared Bernstein is a labor economist at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). His areas of research include income and wage inequality, technology's impact on wages and employment, low-wage labor markets and poverty, minimum wage analysis, and international comparisons. He has published extensively in popular and academic journals, and is the co-author of four editions of the book The State of Working America. Ellen Houston is an economist at the Economic Policy Institute. Her research includes crime and the low-wage labor market, job tenure and retention for low-wage workers, and the effects of globalization on labor-management relations and social policy. She is co-author of the recent book, Power, Employment and Accumulation: Social Structures in Economic Theory and Practice (M.E. Sharpe).
Read more