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Table 4 Correlates of length of employment, OLS

From: Criminal background and job performance

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

All

All

All

All

Sales

Sales

Sales

Sales

Cust. Serv.

Cust. Serv.

Cust. Serv.

Cust. Serv.

pre_crim

18.9664**

16.7731**

16.5098**

17.7470**

18.6532

15.5804

15.1885

16.0485

20.6284**

19.6851**

19.4344**

22.4486**

(2.41)

(2.40)

(2.35)

(2.61)

(1.69)

(1.62)

(1.59)

(1.68)

(2.23)

(2.12)

(2.03)

(2.46)

sales

− 113.4119***

− 118.8626***

− 124.0721***

− 69.9048***

        

(− 7.46)

(− 7.56)

(− 8.27)

(− 3.24)

        

school

 

− 1.2225

− 2.4141

− 1.7923

 

1.9270

0.9519

0.5464

 

− 3.3279

− 4.6141*

− 3.1864

 

(−0.48)

(−0.91)

(−0.71)

 

(0.50)

(0.23)

(0.14)

 

(− 1.36)

(− 1.69)

(− 1.12)

fewer_short_jobs

 

8.3934***

8.0471***

7.3944***

 

8.6225*

8.3008*

8.0564*

 

7.9525***

7.4542***

6.2850***

 

(3.45)

(3.29)

(3.11)

 

(1.96)

(1.87)

(1.80)

 

(3.84)

(3.54)

(3.09)

longest_job

 

7.8540***

7.4660***

8.2519***

 

8.9060***

8.4112***

9.4796***

 

6.3588***

5.8821***

6.9036***

 

(4.72)

(4.44)

(4.96)

 

(3.33)

(3.10)

(3.72)

 

(5.45)

(5.43)

(5.56)

badservice

  

4.7773

   

8.3546

   

− 2.3144

 
  

(1.19)

   

(1.19)

   

(− 0.68)

 

confidence

  

− 25.6951***

   

− 25.8342***

   

− 27.5452*

 
  

(− 3.58)

   

(− 4.78)

   

(− 1.75)

 

rulebreaker1

  

4.6127

   

− 3.8881

   

15.0785**

 
  

(1.07)

   

(− 0.94)

   

(2.66)

 

open1

   

10.7522***

   

10.9779**

   

10.5110**

   

(3.24)

   

(2.37)

   

(2.18)

open2

   

− 29.8031*

   

72.8791***

   

− 39.7706**

   

(− 1.78)

   

(6.21)

   

(− 2.51)

open3

   

1.5238

   

− 0.8795

   

3.5340

   

(0.37)

   

(− 0.15)

   

(0.52)

con1

   

4.2707

   

1.0363

   

7.7012**

   

(1.54)

   

(0.26)

   

(2.47)

con2

   

6.5186**

   

4.9525

   

8.4729

   

(2.00)

   

(0.84)

   

(1.64)

con3

   

− 19.4901***

   

− 9.5269

   

− 21.9944***

   

(− 4.17)

   

(− 0.48)

   

(− 4.48)

extra1

   

− 7.9939**

   

− 15.3407***

   

1.3196

   

(− 2.20)

   

(− 3.34)

   

(0.26)

extra2

   

− 10.7999*

   

− 14.3397***

   

− 3.9990

   

(− 1.79)

   

(− 5.00)

   

(− 0.26)

extra3

   

11.5721***

   

12.8660***

   

10.5244**

   

(4.09)

   

(4.44)

   

(2.24)

agree1

   

5.5521

   

12.7077

   

− 2.5295

   

(1.02)

   

(1.69)

   

(− 0.60)

agree2

   

0.7225

   

− 4.5640

   

5.6775

   

(0.24)

   

(− 1.19)

   

(1.09)

agree3

   

− 44.5771**

   

50.9987***

   

− 44.5049**

   

(− 2.56)

   

(11.38)

   

(− 2.55)

neur1

   

− 0.4072

   

− 1.6039

   

1.1931

   

(− 0.10)

   

(− 0.25)

   

(0.25)

neur2

   

2.0334

   

3.8971

   

0.0249

   

(0.69)

   

(0.84)

   

(0.01)

neur3

   

9.5797**

   

6.7000

   

17.1011***

   

(2.12)

   

(0.89)

   

(4.07)

Constant

247.0000

240.7641***

233.9013***

290.4578***

− 41.5923***

− 66.9899**

− 78.0466***

− 125.3095***

247.0000

245.4222***

227.7935***

279.5057***

(.)

(23.63)

(24.17)

(17.88)

(− 4.30)

(− 2.90)

(− 3.23)

(− 3.51)

(.)

(26.80)

(21.28)

(17.30)

firm_id dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

location dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

10,699

10,699

10,699

10,699

5402

5402

5402

5402

5297

5297

5297

5297

  1. Notes: Sample contains only hired workers for which information about criminal background is available. t-statistics in parentheses. Standard errors clustered by firm
  2. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < .01