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When convicts are released from prison, they have no money, and there is a high rate of"recidivism": the released prisoners return to crime and are arrested again. would providingincome support to ex-convicts during the first months after their release from prison reducerecidivism? the department of labor ran a randomized controlled experiment to find out(see reference for study in the book). the experiment was done on a selected group of convictsbeing released from certain prisons in texas and georgia. income support was provided, likeunemployment insurance. there was a control group which received no payment, and fourdifferent treatment groups (differing slightly in the amounts paid).the exercise is on results for georgia, and combines the four treatment groups into one. assume that prisoners were randomized to treatment, or control.(a) 592 prisoners were assigned to the treatment group, and of them 48.3% were rearrestedwithin a year of release. 154 were assigned to the control group, and of them 49.4% wererearrested within a year of release. did income support reduce recidivism? answer yesor no, and explain briefly.(b) in the first year after the release from prison, those assigned to the treatment groupaveraged 16.8 weeks of paid work; the sd was 15.9 weeks. for those assigned to thecontrol group, the average was 24.3 weeks; the sd was 17.3 weeks. did income supportreduce the amount that the ex-convicts worked? answer yes or no, and explain briefly

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