AP @bulaw. working on empirical legal studies/crim/employment. previously: JD/PhD (Econ) @umich; RA @sffed; BA @cmcnews

Ann Arbor, MI
Joined February 2015
Coming soon in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies!
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21314 Mobility-Restricting Covenants in Business Contracts: The Case of Franchising Francine Lafontaine @umich, Lorenzo Luisetto @CLE_State, J.J. Prescott @umich @umichECON ow.ly/VtF050YwTIi #CEPR_IO #CEPR_LE #CEPR_OE #EconTwitter
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In “Negligent Hiring: Recidivism and Employment With a Criminal Record,” Prof. @BenDPyle (@BU_Law) examines a difficult legal and policy challenge: reducing the impact of criminal records on job applicants’ chances without spurring more discrimination. (1/2).
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Open call for applications, Post-Doctoral Fellowship on the Economics of Crime. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on December 5, 2024. More information: nber.org/career-resources/ca…
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Today we're launching the National Police Index: a data tool showing police employment history data obtained from state police training and certification boards across the U.S. All but one state has such a system. See the data at national.cpdp.co
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Enjoyed moderating a fantastic @COSELLWorkLaw panel on empirical approaches to study employment discrimination ft. new WIP by @nschoenbaum @BenDPyle & Heidi Liu of @gwlaw! Thank you for the photos, @ProfessorMLK 🙏
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The 19th Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment & Labor Law (COSELL) is fast approaching! Download the program & the abstracts on our website: cosellaw.org/index.html! See you in SD (@USanDiegoLaw @CWSL_News) on Sept. 14! Thanks to the organizers @OrlyLobel & Susan Bisom-Rapp🙏
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This new working paper argues that Ban the Box policies improve labor market outcomes and lower recidivism for misdemeanor defendants. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Ban the box may not actually lead to discrimination against minority men. annemburton.com/pages/workin…
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📢New Paper📢 After the summer of 2020, news outlets widely reported that cops were quitting in droves and that George Floyd-related activism was a main cause. But we don’t know what really happened without national data. [1]
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The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, June 13, at 1pm ET. @BenDPyle will present: "Negligent Hiring: Recidivism and Employment with a Criminal Record" More info: jenniferdoleac.com/vice-semi…
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Meet CISS' May faculty affiliate of the month, @BenDPyle (@BU_Law)! Prof. Benjamin Pyle teaches and writes in empirical legal studies, employment law, and criminal law - bu.edu/ciss/2024/05/01/may-2… @UMich @UMichLaw @BULawReview
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Just posted: The summer 2024 schedule for the Virtual Crime Economics (ViCE) seminar series! 🤓🥳 jenniferdoleac.com/vice-semi…
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Important data release! I'm looking forward to reading all the analysis and papers that come out of this (and have some ideas for my own)
Today, we are proud to introduce the #JusticeOutcomesExplorer! JOE is a publicly available data dashboard that provides a fresh glimpse into how the criminal justice system touches the lives of millions of Americans every year: joe.cjars.org [1/10] 🧵
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Mark your calendars! In just one week from today, May 1st, the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS) is launching a game-changing data product, the Justice Outcome Explorer (JOE).
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I'm so looking forward to attending the Texas Economics of Crime Workshop (TxECW) this Fri & Sat! Huge thanks to @DrJPCunningham & Cody Tuttle for organizing. Check out this terrific program:
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1/2 The following #BULawProf will be sharing their expertise at @TheAALS 2024 Annual Meeting: Dean @aonwuachi, @AzizaAhmed, @jdahlstrom765, @brooklyntaxprof, @JPYGold, @JayGo2023, @NgoziOkidegbe, @BenDPyle, & @JSilbey. Find their sessions: spr.ly/6012RXeP4 #BULaw #AALS2024
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Banning felony convicts from safety-net assistance reduces long-term SNAP receipt, lowers program take-up for family members, and harms educational outcomes for their children, from @Econ_Mike, @james_m_reeves, Kevin Schnepel, and Caroline Walker nber.org/papers/w31983
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#ICYMI, the EEOC signed an agreement with the Census Bureau to provide secure access to EEOC data, including workforce demographic data and charge data. Researchers who complete the @uscensusbureau vetting process can access and analyze the EEOC data. eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-signs…
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Changes in sanction severity from criminal age-of-majority impact employment and recidivism. Machine learning supports decomposing net regression discontinuity into mechanism-specific treatment effects, from @Econ_Mike, Benjamin Pyle, and Caroline Walker nber.org/papers/w31523
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