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Table 8 Estimates of the employment equation, robustness checks

From: Employment chances of immigrants and their children in Germany: does sense of personal control matter?

β D

Full age range (17–64)

10 items

Intercept

1.75**

−1:55**

 

(1.16,2.36)

(−2.58,−0.52)

Age

−0.03**

0.03**

 

(−0.03,−0.03)

(0.01,0.05)

Gender

−0.46**

−0.57**

 

(−0.53,−0.39)

(−0.71,−0.43)

Immigrant

−0.24**

−0.30**

 

(−0.37,−0.10)

(−0.58,−0.00)

Second generation

−0.24**

−0.07

 

(−0.37,−0.10)

(−0.27,0.13)

Low education

−0.25**

−0.40**

 

(−0.34,−0.15)

(−0.59,−0.21)

High education

0.43**

0.29**

 

(0.34,0.51)

(0.11,0.45)

Marital status

0.15**

0.07

 

(0.07,0.23)

(−0.09,0.23)

Children under 16

0.05

0.27**

 

(−0.03,0.13)

(0.12,0.42)

LOC

0.18**

0.09**

 

(0.05,0.14)

(0.07,0.28)

  1. Note: 95 % Bayesian confidence intervals in brackets. These intervals contain 95 % of the posterior probability. If this interval contains 0, the effect measured by the parameter estimate is insignificant
  2. **Significance at the 95 % confidence level