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How Does Visitation Affect Incarcerated Persons and Their Families? Estimates Using Exogenous Variation in Visits Driven by Distance Between Home and Prison

Lars Højsgaard Andersen, Maria Fitzpatrick and Christopher Wildeman
Published online before print November 15, 2021, 0620-10951R3; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0620-10951R3
Lars Højsgaard Andersen
Lars Højsgaard Andersen is a research professor at the ROCKWOOL Foundation in Copenhagen.
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Maria Fitzpatrick
Maria Fitzpatrick is a professor of economics and public policy the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Christopher Wildeman
Christopher Wildeman is a Professor of Sociology at Duke University and Professor at the ROCKWOOL Foundation Research Unit.
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Tens of millions of people in the world are incarcerated, which may negatively affect them and their families. Visitation may mitigate the negative consequences, but there is little causally identified evidence on its efficacy. To generate plausibly causal estimates, we utilize the fact that incarcerated persons in Denmark are assigned to the prison with open capacity that is closest to their home. The distance-driven variation in visitation, coupled with Danish registry data, allows us to measure the effects of visitation on incarcerated persons and their families. We find little evidence that visitation affects incarcerated individuals or their family members.

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Lars Højsgaard Andersen, Maria Fitzpatrick, Christopher Wildeman
Journal of Human Resources Nov 2021, 0620-10951R3; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0620-10951R3

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Lars Højsgaard Andersen, Maria Fitzpatrick, Christopher Wildeman
Journal of Human Resources Nov 2021, 0620-10951R3; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0620-10951R3
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