The Direct and Intergenerational Effects of Criminal History-Based Safety Net Bans in the U.S.

Any opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not represent the views of the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and has approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied to this release. DRB Approval Numbers: #CBDRB-FY23-CES014-020, #CBDRB-FY23-CES014-051, #CBDRB-FY24-CES014- 004, #CBDRB-FY24-CES014-011, #CBDRB-FY24-0344, and #CBDRB-FY24-0450. We thank Amanda Agan, Marianne Bitler, John Bound, Charlie Brown, Janet Currie, Jennifer Doleac, Jonathan Eggleston, Keith Finlay, John Friedman, Katie Genadek, Hilary Hoynes, Mark Klee, Carl Lieberman, Elizabeth Luh, Sarah Miller, Emily Owens, Ben Pyle, Mel Stephens, Brittany Street, and Cody Tuttle as well as conference/ seminar participants at the 2024 NBER Children spring meeting, the 2024 Institute for Research on Poverty Summer Research Workshop, the 2023 Western Economic Association annual meeting, and Virtual Crime Economics (ViCE) seminar for thoughtful comments. We thank the National Science Foundation, Arnold Ventures, and the Michigan Institute for Teaching and Research in Economics for financial support. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

• December 19, 2023