Rosa Minhyo Cho|John H. Tyler
Does Prison-Based Adult Basic Education Improve Postrelease Outcomes for Male Prisoners in Florida?
Sungkyunkwan University|Brown University|Providence College
authors use administrative data florida determine extent prisonbased adult basic education abe improves inmates postrelease labor market outcomes earnings employment using two nonexperimental comparison groups authors find evidence abe participation associated higher postrelease earnings employment rates especially minorities authors find relationship largest abe participants uninterrupted abe instruction received education services however results find positive effects abe participation reducing recidivism