You wish to test the basic assumption that the experience of ever being incarcerated has an impact on one’s current income. In other words, do those who have ever been incarcerated earn more income, less income – or is there any difference at all.
Exercise I Problem: For those of you who have taken a course in Corrections, you are probably somewhat aware of the so-called collateral consequences of incarceration – i.e., the costs that go beyond an offender’s direct experience of punishment (e.g., incarceration). A recent executive summary from the Pew Center (Western & Pettit, 2010) documents that […]