Cheipesh Oleksandra
Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Calle Madrid, Getafe, Spain.
Health Econ. 2025 Nov;34(11):2059-2071. doi: 10.1002/hec.70018. Epub 2025 Jul 19.
Ban the Box (BTB) laws delay criminal background checks until the later stages of the hiring process. This study provides new evidence that BTB laws that apply to both private and public employers have negative spillover effects beyond labor market outcomes. Drawing on data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), I investigate the impact of BTB laws on drug-related mortality. Two years after adoption, BTB laws are associated with more than a 35 percent increase in drug-related mortality among Black and Hispanic men. The main mechanism appears to be diminished labor opportunities. BTB adoption reduces wages and the probability of employment among Black and Hispanic men.
“禁止询问犯罪记录”(BTB)法律将犯罪背景调查推迟到招聘过程的后期阶段。这项研究提供了新的证据,表明适用于私营和公共雇主的BTB法律除了对劳动力市场结果产生影响外,还会产生负面溢出效应。利用国家生命统计系统(NVSS)的数据,我研究了BTB法律对与毒品相关死亡率的影响。在BTB法律通过两年后,黑人和西班牙裔男性中与毒品相关的死亡率上升了35%以上。主要机制似乎是劳动机会减少。采用BTB法律降低了黑人和西班牙裔男性的工资和就业概率。