Employment and wages before and after incarceration – evidence from Hungary

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 2 Fixed-effects estimates of changes in employment and daily earnings^a

	Employment^b		Daily earnings uncontrolled^c		Daily earnings controlled^d
	Entire sample	Incarcerated after 2004	Entire sample	Incarcerated after 2004	Entire sample	Incarcerated after 2004
Quarters −8 to −1	−0.047^***	−0.037^***	−0.044^***	−0.037^***	−0.042^***	−0.035^***
	(13.6)	(9.5)	(3.7)	(2.8)	(3.6)	(2.7)
Prison quarters	−0.182^***	−0.177^***	−0.238^***	−0.263^***	−0.230^***	−0.254^***
	(44.1)	(32.8)	(10.9)	(9.5)	(10.8)	(9.4)
Quarters 1 to 8	−0.046^***	−0.034^***	−0.134^***	−0.129^***	−0.122^***	−0.118^***
	(8.3)	(5.3)	(6.4)	(5.0)	(6.0)	(4.7)
Quarters 9 to 28	−0.005	0.004	−0.125^***	−0.114^***	−0.113^***	−0.105^***
	(0.8)	(0.5)	(5.0)	(3.5)	(4.6)	(3.3)
Reference values:
Mean	17.7	17.9	73.6	73.6	73.6	73.6
Standard dev.	(37.8)	(37.9)	(61.1)	(61.0)	(61.1)	(61.0)

Significant at the *0.1, **0.05, ***0.01 level; t-values in parentheses. Standard errors are adjusted for clustering by persons
The data relate to inmates serving a single prison spell in 2002–08 or 2005–08
^aReference period for relative time: quarters −28 to −9
^bDays in work during the month. Controlled for age, age squared and calendar months
^cControlled for age, age squared and calendar months
^dAlso controlled for occupation and type of employment relationship
For further test statistics, see Appendix