From: Employment and wages before and after incarceration – evidence from Hungary
Dependent variable: | Registration at a labor office | UI or UA | Other transfersa |
---|---|---|---|
0–8 quarters before incarceration | 0.97 | 0.90 | 0.71** |
(0.4) | (1.0) | (2.0) | |
Prison quarters | 0.16*** | 0.13*** | 0.12** |
(15.4) | (11.4) | (9.8) | |
0–8 quarters after release | 1.96*** | 1.66*** | 0.32*** |
(5.4) | (2.6) | (4.8) | |
9–28 quarters after release | 2.14*** | 2.91*** | 0.61* |
(5.7) | (5.3) | (1.8) | |
Male | 0.95 | 1.23** | 0.16*** |
(0.6) | (2.6) | (3.7) | |
Age | 1.20*** | 1.62*** | 0.70*** |
(5.2) | (9.6) | (4.9) | |
Age squared | 0.99*** | 0.99*** | 101*** |
(6.8) | (10.2) | (5.8) | |
Employed prior to incarcerationb | 3.35*** | 6.24*** | 0.34*** |
(12.0) | (11.0) | (5.0) | |
2005 | 1.14*** | 1.21*** | 1.53*** |
(4.1) | (4.18) | (6.5) | |
2006 | 1.18*** | 1.75*** | 2.12*** |
(3.6) | (8.9) | (6.5) | |
2007 | 1.36*** | 3.31*** | 1.88*** |
(5.5) | (15.7) | (4.0) | |
2008 | 1.70*** | 4.26*** | 1.63** |
(8.5) | (17.4) | (2.4) | |
Number of person-months | 981,229 | 981,229 | 981,229 |
Number of persons | 20,476 | 20,476 | 20,476 |
Wald chi-squared | 25373.8 | 23157.6 | 13059.3 |
(0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
Rho (standard error) | 0.83 (0.003) | 0.89 (0.003) | 0.98 (0.003) |
Mean of the dependent variable (%) | 14.7 | 8.4 | 10.8 |