ECON 375 Lecture 2: Reading Notes for Test 2
Document Summary
Cause: obstacle to employment, housing, public assistance, education, and family reunification. Us criminal justice system has kept people in a cycle of poverty and jail. Mass incarceration is a principle driver of inequality in america (particularly among blacks) Criminal record is cause and consequence of poverty. Blanket bans on providing people with criminal records housing and public assistance. Estimated cost of employment losses among those w criminal record = billion per year. Stop background checks, advocate fair chance hiring, eliminate one-strike housing, reform policies. More children in poverty relative to their share of the population. Overall poverty rate between 18 to 64: 14% Those who do not work are more in poverty relative to their share of population (62% to 25%) Bachelors or higher: 5%; some college, no degree: 10%; high school diploma: 14%; 29% no hs diploma. People with no hs diploma comprise a far greater share of pop in poverty than share of general pop.
