TY - JOUR T1 - How Does Visitation Affect Incarcerated Persons and Their Families? Estimates Using Exogenous Variation in Visits Driven by Distance Between Home and Prison JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour DO - 10.3368/jhr.0620-10951R3 SP - 0620-10951R3 AU - Lars Højsgaard Andersen AU - Maria Fitzpatrick AU - Christopher Wildeman Y1 - 2021/11/15 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2021/11/03/jhr.0620-10951R3.abstract N2 - 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. ER -