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Table 9 Availability of criminal records as a correlate of misconduct separation, Cox Proportional Hazard Model (customer service and sales)

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.

missing_crim

0.169

0.185

0.206

0.166

−0.232

− 0.245

− 0.209

− 0.336

0.00174

0.0121

0.0305

0.0686

(1.24)

(1.26)

(1.36)

(1.06)

(−0.28)

(− 0.29)

(− 0.24)

(− 0.39)

(0.02)

(0.12)

(0.29)

(0.51)

sales

20.93***

22.07***

22.94***

21.72***

        

(143.59)

(134.07)

(131.46)

(112.88)

        

school

 

−0.112

−0.0819

− 0.0904

 

− 0.131

− 0.0903

− 0.132

 

− 0.0939

−0.0743

− 0.0560

 

(−1.73)

(−1.25)

(−1.36)

 

(− 0.78)

(−0.54)

(− 0.75)

 

(−1.35)

(− 0.98)

(− 0.86)

fewer_short_jobs

 

− 0.172***

− 0.159***

− 0.169***

 

− 0.143**

− 0.123*

− 0.144*

 

− 0.163***

− 0.157***

− 0.153***

 

(−5.86)

(−5.12)

(− 6.04)

 

(−2.68)

(−2.24)

(−2.46)

 

(−4.13)

(−3.96)

(−4.19)

longest_job

 

−0.0888***

−0.0784**

− 0.0904***

 

− 0.0548

− 0.0461

− 0.0584

 

− 0.118***

−0.109***

− 0.121***

 

(− 3.37)

(− 2.90)

(− 3.35)

 

(− 1.50)

(− 1.30)

(− 1.59)

 

(− 3.61)

(− 3.36)

(− 3.56)

badservice

  

0.151

   

0.141

   

0.158

 
  

(1.66)

   

(1.30)

   

(0.96)

 

confidence

  

0.465***

   

0.595***

   

0.283

 
  

(3.82)

   

(4.22)

   

(1.38)

 

rulebreaker1

  

−0.337**

   

−0.287

   

−0.304

 
  

(−2.71)

   

(−1.18)

   

(−1.62)

 

open1

   

−0.188**

   

0.0240

   

−0.303***

   

(−2.73)

   

(0.43)

   

(−5.09)

open2

   

−0.0791

   

14.65

   

0.0882

   

(−0.52)

   

(.)

   

(0.60)

open3

   

0.0531

   

−0.0340

   

0.00142

   

(0.59)

   

(−0.20)

   

(0.02)

con1

   

0.0435

   

0.138

   

0.00801

   

(0.70)

   

(1.80)

   

(0.12)

con2

   

0.0338

   

0.205

   

−0.0752

   

(0.51)

   

(1.64)

   

(−1.21)

con3

   

−0.0693

   

− 0.676

   

−0.0538

   

(−1.26)

   

(− 1.27)

   

(−0.87)

extra1

   

0.0107

   

−0.0632

   

0.0186

   

(0.25)

   

(−0.67)

   

(0.33)

extra2

   

0.0450

   

−0.0205

   

0.0578

   

(0.41)

   

(−0.12)

   

(0.40)

extra3

   

−0.110

   

−0.00755

   

−0.143

   

(−1.32)

   

(−0.17)

   

(−0.98)

agree1

   

−0.0578

   

−0.0105

   

−0.0839

   

(−1.22)

   

(−0.10)

   

(−1.83)

agree2

   

−0.0719

   

−0.0193

   

−0.0910

   

(−1.19)

   

(−0.16)

   

(−1.62)

agree3

   

0.177

   

14.90***

   

0.393**

   

(1.29)

   

(86.12)

   

(2.68)

neur1

   

0.120

   

0.0563

   

0.0878

   

(1.12)

   

(0.25)

   

(0.80)

neur2

   

0.00666

   

−0.0560

   

−0.0117

   

(0.08)

   

(−0.51)

   

(−0.10)

neur3

   

− 0.157

   

−0.0643

   

−0.241**

   

(−1.52)

   

(−0.42)

   

(−2.62)

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

21,300

21,300

21,300

21,300

5417

5417

5417

5417

14,538

14,538

14,538

14,538

  1. Sample includes all hired workers, regardless of whether criminal background information is available. t-statistics in parentheses. Robust standard errors
  2. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < .01