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Table 19 Question-level correlates of criminal background in hired population (customer service and sales)

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

− 0.0017

   

− 0.0121

− 0.0029

(− 0.24)

   

(−1.62)

(− 0.39)

fewer_short_jobs

 

−0.0205***

  

−0.0198***

−0.0187***

 

(−5.32)

  

(−5.10)

(−4.86)

longest_job

 

0.0183***

  

0.0195***

0.0231***

 

(8.64)

  

(8.80)

(10.31)

badservice

  

0.0178**

 

0.0181**

 
  

(2.11)

 

(2.14)

 

confidence_regress

  

−0.0076

 

−0.0007

 
  

(−0.60)

 

(−0.06)

 

rulebreaker1

  

− 0.0083

 

−0.0056

 
  

(−0.84)

 

(−0.57)

 

open1

   

−0.0217***

 

−0.0224***

   

(−3.38)

 

(−3.50)

open2

   

0.0798***

 

0.0877***

   

(6.54)

 

(7.17)

open3

   

−0.0243***

 

−0.0205***

   

(−3.91)

 

(−3.29)

con1

   

0.0070

 

0.0036

   

(0.99)

 

(0.51)

con2

   

−0.0107

 

−0.0087

   

(−1.64)

 

(−1.34)

con3

   

−0.0867***

 

−0.0935***

   

(−13.56)

 

(−14.40)

extra1

   

0.0138*

 

0.0123*

   

(1.91)

 

(1.71)

extra2

   

0.0112

 

0.0140*

   

(1.46)

 

(1.84)

extra3

   

0.0187***

 

0.0209***

   

(2.85)

 

(3.21)

agree1

   

−0.0088

 

−0.0099

   

(−1.30)

 

(−1.48)

agree2

   

0.0001

 

0.0030

   

(0.01)

 

(0.43)

agree3

   

0.0937***

 

0.0940***

   

(10.06)

 

(10.06)

neur1

   

−0.0029

 

−0.0031

   

(−0.46)

 

(− 0.50)

neur2

   

0.0139**

 

0.0156**

   

(2.13)

 

(2.40)

neur3

   

0.0060

 

0.0062

   

(0.83)

 

(0.86)

Constant

0.1154***

−0.0013

0.1128***

0.0389***

−0.0047

− 0.0970***

(32.51)

(−0.12)

(31.90)

(2.84)

(−0.42)

(−5.41)

Observations

10,698

10,698

10,698

10,698

10,698

10,698

R-squared

0.000

0.008

0.000

0.022

0.009

0.032

Adjusted R-squared

−0.000

0.008

0.000

0.020

0.009

0.031

  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