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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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