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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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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#RDDers check it out: "Regression discontinuity design with multivalued treatments" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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