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Table 14 Question-level correlates of criminal background in hired population (all positions)

From: Criminal background and job performance

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

pre_crim

pre_crim

pre_crim

pre_crim

pre_crim

pre_crim

school

−0.0006

   

−0.0109

−0.0018

(−0.09)

   

(−1.49)

(−0.25)

fewer_short_jobs

 

−0.0207***

  

−0.0201***

−0.0189***

 

(−5.45)

  

(−5.25)

(−4.99)

longest_job

 

0.0184***

  

0.0194***

0.0230***

 

(8.84)

  

(8.94)

(10.50)

badservice

  

0.0178**

 

0.0183**

 
  

(2.15)

 

(2.21)

 

confidence_regress

  

−0.0109

 

−0.0040

 
  

(− 0.88)

 

(− 0.32)

 

rulebreaker1

  

−0.0098

 

− 0.0068

 
  

(−1.03)

 

(−0.72)

 

open1

   

−0.0221***

 

−0.0228***

   

(−3.50)

 

(−3.62)

open2

   

0.0744***

 

0.0830***

   

(6.10)

 

(6.79)

open3

   

−0.0231***

 

− 0.0195***

   

(−3.78)

 

(−3.19)

con1

   

0.0098

 

0.0064

   

(1.43)

 

(0.93)

con2

   

−0.0099

 

−0.0079

   

(−1.54)

 

(−1.24)

con3

   

−0.0840***

 

−0.0907***

   

(− 13.36)

 

(− 14.24)

extra1

   

0.0152**

 

0.0136*

   

(2.14)

 

(1.94)

extra2

   

0.0100

 

0.0130*

   

(1.33)

 

(1.74)

extra3

   

0.0196***

 

0.0220***

   

(3.04)

 

(3.43)

agree1

   

−0.0095

 

−0.0106

   

(−1.43)

 

(−1.61)

agree2

   

0.0016

 

0.0044

   

(0.24)

 

(0.66)

agree3

   

0.0878***

 

0.0888***

   

(9.31)

 

(9.38)

neur1

   

−0.0036

 

−0.0039

   

(− 0.60)

 

(− 0.64)

neur2

   

0.0132**

 

0.0148**

   

(2.05)

 

(2.31)

neur3

   

0.0071

 

0.0072

   

(1.00)

 

(1.02)

Constant

0.1141***

−0.0030

0.1120***

0.0396***

−0.0059

− 0.0970***

(32.71)

(−0.27)

(32.22)

(2.93)

(−0.53)

(−5.52)

Observations

11,008

11,008

11,008

11,008

11,008

11,008

R-squared

0.000

0.008

0.001

0.021

0.009

0.032

Adjusted R-squared

−0.000

0.008

0.000

0.020

0.009

0.030

  1. Sample contains only hired workers for whom information about criminal background is available. Standardized beta coefficients. t-statistics in parentheses. Robust standard errors
  2. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < .01