Dr. Michael Stoll

Biography

Michael Stoll is a Professor of Public Policy at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research focuses on crime, economics, labor employment, poverty, and race and ethnicity. Stoll's published work examines labor market difficulties faced by less-skilled workers, with an emphasis on the impacts of racial residential segregation, job location patterns, skill demands, employer discrimination, and criminal records on employment opportunities. His recent research investigates the labor market consequences of mass incarceration as well as the costs and benefits of the prison boom. He completed the book 'Why Americans Prison?', which explores the causes behind the American prison boom and its relation to low crime rates. Throughout his career, Stoll has served as a Fellow at the American Institutes for Research, the Brookings Institution, and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. His work has received attention from various media outlets, including NPR, PBS, and the Washington Post. Stoll regularly advises U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Labor, as well as state and local governments on issues related to his field of study.

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