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    1 in 3 adults in the United States have a criminal record, which offers significant challenges to these individuals, including reentering the job market after incarceration. Over the years, there’s been a push for “Ban the Box” policies that call for removing questions asking about criminal history on job applications to give former offenders a fair chance by delaying background checks until later in the hiring process. Those who are against early screening argue that former offenders shouldn’t continue to be punished by the system, especially when it disproportionally affects minorities. It also prevents applicants from contributing and reintegrating into society and reducing dependency on social services. Those who disagree and say that screening a job applicant’s criminal history is important, argue that employers have a responsibility to ensure the safety of their business, employees, and customers and make informed hiring decisions. Without early screening, some recent studies show that employers might unconsciously resort to biased assumptions or stereotypes when evaluating candidates. With this context, we debate Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications?
    
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Allison Schrager

Pension Economist, Bloomberg Opinion Contributor & Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute

Allison Schrager is an American economist, author, and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where she studies tax and monetary policy. Schrager is a regular contributor to The Economist, Reuters, and Bloomberg Businessweek, and her work has been published in Wired, National Review, Playboy, and Foreign Affairs. She is also the author of “An Economist Walks into a Brothel.” In addition to her writing, she has consulted for organizations such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the International Monetary Fund and is co-founder of a risk advisory firm, LifeCycle Finance Partners, LLC. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University.

Debates Featuring Allison Schrager

Should We Address the Gender Wage Gap?

American women are, on average, paid 84 cents for every dollar men make, according to the Department of Labor. This wage gap has persisted despite near-record rates of women’s participation in the labor market, with…

With Kadie Ward Philp, Allison Schrager
March 8, 2024

Do Unions Work For The Economy?

Unions may be on the verge of a resurgence. After decades of declines, workers are organizing across household-name companies, like Starbucks, Amazon, and Google, at a pace not seen since the 1930s. A generation of…

With Steven Greenhouse, Allison Schrager
October 21, 2022

Is it Time to Redistribute the Wealth?

Economic inequality has become a linchpin of modern politics. As nations around the world face a reckoning on racial and social justice and work to combat the economic impacts of the pandemic, we ask: Is…

With Robert Reich, Allison Schrager, Lawrence Summers, Yanis Varoufakis
September 24, 2020

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