Supported work for ex-addicts: an exploration of endogenous tastes.
The expected impact of Supported Work on former drug addicts' employment, crime, and drug use are derived from two models: the human capital model and a model of endogenous tastes. Empirically, Supported Work is found to increase the earnings of at least some ex-addicts, primarily due to increases in hours worked rather than wage rates. The program also reduced ex-addicts' crime, producing the greatest impact on the robbery and drug-related crimes and changing relationship between crime and employment. The program did not affect ex-addicts' recidivism to drugs. The pattern effects only partially supports the human capital model, and there is also some support for the model of endogenous tastes.
D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*