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Table 12 OLS estimation on employment and the CPS scale (control group)

From: Life skills, employability and training for disadvantaged youth: Evidence from a randomized evaluation design

OLS estimations

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Dependent variable: employed

All

Women

Men

Age 16-19

Incomplete high school

Santo Domingo

Total CPS Score

0.0076

0.0146

−0.0052

0.0013

0.0049

−0.0051

 

(0.0134)

(0.0189)

(0.0195)

(0.0268)

(0.0193)

(0.0234)

CPS: Leadership

−0.0044

0.0054

−0.0266

−0.0052

−0.0073

−0.0233

 

(0.0133)

(0.0186)

(0.0195)

(0.0260)

(0.0192)

(0.0244)

CPS: Behavior in situations of conflict

−0.0089

−0.0170

−0.0035

−0.0185

−0.0076

−0.0322

 

(0.0134)

(0.0189)

(0.0198)

(0.0271)

(0.0193)

(0.0231)

CPS: Self-esteem

0.0172

0.0157

0.0245

−0.0046

0.0247

0.0057

 

(0.0133)

(0.0186)

(0.0206)

(0.0275)

(0.0197)

(0.0244)

CPS: Abilities to relate with others

0.0167

0.0181

0.0117

0.0240

0.0146

0.0131

 

(0.0137)

(0.0189)

(0.0209)

(0.0276)

(0.0198)

(0.0237)

CPS: Order and self-organization

0.0066

0.0143

−0.0103

0.0137

0.0109

0.0123

 

(0.0135)

(0.0188)

(0.0201)

(0.0267)

(0.0197)

(0.0225)

Rosenberg's Scale

0.0069

0.0171

−0.0046

0.0027

0.0160

0.0196

 

(0.0136)

(0.0195)

(0.0190)

(0.0253)

(0.0185)

(0.0237)

Total Grit Scale

0.0046

0.0043

0.0040

−0.0145

−0.0223

−0.0101

 

(0.0136)

(0.0191)

(0.0201)

(0.0260)

(0.0182)

(0.0247)

Grit: Persistency of effort

0.0196

0.0256

0.0095

−0.0003

−0.0172

−0.0020

 

(0.0137)

(0.0190)

(0.0207)

(0.0261)

(0.0185)

(0.0248)

Grit: Ambition

−0.0118

−0.0112

−0.0084

−0.0416*

−0.0406**

−0.0282

 

(0.0136)

(0.0189)

(0.0210)

(0.0250)

(0.0187)

(0.0250)

Mean dependent variable

0.625

0.516

0.797

0.588

0.630

0.599

Observations

1,286

790

496

381

717

409

  1. Note: Robust standard errors clustered at the course level in parentheses.
  2. COS fixed effects included in the estimation.
  3. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1.