We examine the efficacy of the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA) policy—legislative stipulations regarding employers’ hiring of individuals with criminal records—on practices and outcomes in two Southern California counties during 2021. We rely on survey and experiment data with 542 hiring decision makers to investigate employer and personal compliance with the CFCA, whether applicant appeals affect employers’ willingness to hire them, and heterogeneity in treatment effects across firms and industries. Close to 80% of hiring decision makers violate the CFCA by obtaining background information before they extend an offer, appeals have a minimal impact on hiring outcomes, and firm-level characteristics continue to shape hiring practices to some extent.

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公平机会法案失败？雇主雇用有犯罪记录的人

我们研究了《加州公平机会法案》(CFCA) 政策（关于雇主雇用有犯罪记录的个人的立法规定）对 2021 年南加州两个县的做法和结果的有效性。我们依赖于 542 个招聘决定的调查和实验数据制造商调查雇主和个人对 CFCA 的遵守情况、申请人的申诉是否影响雇主雇用他们的意愿以及不同公司和行业的待遇效果的异质性。近 80% 的招聘决策者在提供录用通知前获取背景信息，从而违反了 CFCA，上诉对招聘结果的影响微乎其微，而且公司层面的特征在某种程度上继续影响着招聘实践。