Objectives

This study examines whether former police officers are stigmatized in the labor market, particularly following social unrest from lethal police violence.

Methods

We conduct an experimental audit study, both before and after heightened unrest from police violence. For service-related job openings, we compare the likelihood of getting an affirmative response from a prospective employer to a job application from a fictitious former police officer (the treatment condition) to the response to one of two control conditions: a former firefighter or a former code enforcement officer.

Results

We do not find evidence that former police officers are discriminated against in the labor market. This finding holds in periods characterized by relatively little social unrest due to police violence as well as periods of heightened protest activity.

Conclusions

At least with respect to the labor market for certain service-related professions, former police officers do not appear tainted by any stigma associated with their prior profession.

中文翻译：

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调查“警察战争”的审计实验：研究笔记

目标

本研究调查了前警察是否在劳动力市场上受到污名化，特别是在致命的警察暴力导致社会动荡之后。

方法

我们在警察暴力加剧骚乱之前和之后进行了一项实验性审计研究。对于与服务相关的职位空缺，我们将获得潜在雇主对虚构的前警察（治疗条件）的工作申请的肯定响应的可能性与对以下两种控制条件之一的响应的可能性进行比较：前消防员或前法规执行官。

结果

我们没有发现前警察在劳动力市场受到歧视的证据。这一发现适用于警察暴力导致的社会动荡相对较少的时期以及抗议活动加剧的时期。

结论

至少在某些与服务相关的职业的劳动力市场方面，前警官似乎没有受到与其先前职业相关的任何污名的玷污。