The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, October 16, at 1pm ET. @mtotarelli will present: "Prison Rehabilitation Programs, Recidivism, and Labor Market Outcomes"

Y’all, I wrote a book! The Science of Second Chances is based on my decades of work studying crime and criminal behavior, first as an economics professor and now as a policy expert at Arnold Ventures. It shares what we know from cutting-edge research about how to intervene at

📢Job alert!! Join us @EconomicsLund as Assistant Professor in Economics of Education (tenure-track). 💡Fantastic place, great people, excellent data. Reach out if you have any questions! 📮Deadline: August 11, 2025 https://t.co/pcrwG4t3it

🚨 Deadline approaching! Tomorrow is the last day to send you paper/extended abstract to our workshop on #Socio-#emotional #skills and #Education in Trento - very nice location close to the Dolomites ⛰️ 👉

Thank you @ResearchTI ! https://t.co/Vj7ll87l8R

📢 Field Seminar: Health – Thu 29 May 🕝 14:30–15:45 📍Auditorium, DSE 🎤 Maddalena Totarelli @UVAEcon 📄 Prison Rehabilitation Programs, Recidivism, and Labor Market Outcomes #jobtraining #prison #crimeEcon #reintegration https://t.co/QhF2Zedoaf

📣 Thrilled to announce our 4th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 8-9 Sept 2025, TU Munich @TU_Muenchen, Campus Heilbronn. Keynotes: Ulrike Malmendier @umalmend (@berkeleyecon & @GCEE_en) & Noam Yuchtman (@UniofOxford) 🫶🏻 Submission deadline 15 May 🚨

📢 7th QMUL Workshop for PhD Students & Post-Docs! 📢 📝 Apply by March 14 → https://t.co/bsFw2CAdNo 📅 May 22-23 📍 Queen Mary University of London ✨ 1st announced keynote speaker: Tim Besley (LSE) 🏨 We can provide accommodation! https://t.co/jwUNClT0H2

For a full look at my findings and policy implications, check out my paper https://t.co/bUy62IOOOG. 8/8

My work suggests that when prisons focus on rehabilitation, they can reduce criminal behavior and support meaningful social reintegration. 7/8

Key findings: the R&R program reduces recidivism by 4.5 percentage points (a 14% reduction) three years post-release. The program also increases earnings, though only for native and older prisoners, and enhances stable housing and personal relationships. 6/8

Using a difference-in-differences approach, I compare eligible inmates (sentences of 4+ months) with non-eligible ones. This allows me to isolate the program’s impact on recidivism, labor market outcomes and social outcomes like stable housing and personal relationships. 5/8

The Rehabilitation & Reintegration (R&R) program, launched at the end of 2007, combines job skills training, education, addiction management, and aggression regulation. Counselors work with inmates to develop tailored reintegration plans. 4/8

Prison rehabilitation programs typically offer vocational training, education, and behavioral therapy to lower recidivism, but do they work? Findings are mixed, and the mechanisms remain unclear. My paper examines their impact in Dutch prisons. 3/8

Former prisoners face significant challenges when reentering society: they often encounter discrimination in the labor market, difficulties in securing stable housing, and limited social support. Without adequate help, the risk of recidivism is high. 2/8

It is all true: I am on the JM 🙌 Let the fun begin with my JMP alert 🚨😎 1 out of 2 of ex-prisoners commit another crime within two years after release. Can prison rehabilitation programs be an effective policy tool for reintegrating inmates into society? Answer below👇 1/8

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19651 Crime and the Labor Market Randi Hjalmarsson @ProfHjalmarsson @econGU, Stephen Machin @s_machin_ @LSEnews @LSEEcon @CEP_LSE, Paolo Pinotti @paolopinotti78 @Unibocconi https://t.co/i7BYyokVTz #CEPR_LE #CEPR_PE #economics

“El talento está en todas partes, pero la oportunidad no lo está." - Un análisis científico de una iniciativa educativa que busca romper esta desigualdad conectando a estudiantes de entornos desfavorecidos con modelos a seguir que les inspiran a alcanzar sus metas académicas y

I've been incredibly lucky to have met inspiring role models throughout my career. Now, I am excited to share our working paper exploring the impact of role models, co-authored with @pietrobiroli, @ami_digi, and @giu_sorrenti. Check it out below!

Hello #econtwitter, @bdtimpe, @RebeccaSJack and I are hiring a 1-year pre-doc to research gender earnings inequality using restricted Census Data. Open to part-time or remote work. Please reach out with any questions! @econ_ra Link to apply: