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Table 10 Correlates of criminal records in applicant pool compared with correlates of missing records in hired pool (customer service and sales)

From: Criminal background and job performance

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Applicant pool

Hired pool

Has criminal record

Has criminal record

Missing criminal records

Missing criminal records

school

−0.0099***

− 0.0045*

0.0170**

− 0.0028

(−4.04)

(−1.83)

(2.50)

(−1.36)

fewer_short_jobs

−0.0114***

− 0.0112***

0.0271***

0.0052***

(−8.83)

(−8.76)

(7.64)

(4.75)

longest_job

0.0151***

0.0162***

−0.0041*

− 0.0013*

(18.33)

(19.58)

(−1.75)

(−1.79)

sales

0.1185***

0.0323

−0.6308***

−0.0002

(39.86)

(1.41)

(−95.64)

(−0.04)

Constant

−0.0177***

−0.0946***

0.6964***

0.3453***

(−4.01)

(−21.04)

(54.99)

(62.60)

location dummies

No

Yes

No

Yes

Observations

73,884

73,884

20,005

19,955

R-squared

0.033

0.052

0.321

0.937

Adjusted R-squared

0.033

0.051

0.321

0.937

  1. t-statistics in parentheses. Robust standard errors
  2. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < .01