Table 4 Personality traits and NEET status – OLS results

From: Youth unemployment and personality traits

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
	NEET	Core NEET	No. years NEET	NEET	Core NEET	No. years NEET	NEET	Core NEET	No. years NEET
OLS
External locus of control	0.079(0.010)^***	0.044 (0.006)^***	0.142 (0.017)^***	0.048 (0.011)^***	0.031 (0.0069)^***	0.092 (0.018)^***	0.018 (0.011)^***	0.020 (0.006)^***	0.047 (0.019)^**
High effort and diligence	−0.082 (0.010)^***	−0.035 (0.006)^***	−0.131 (0.017)^***	−0.072 (0.011)^***	−0.032 (0.006)^***	−0.114 (0.018)^***	−0.053 (0.011)^***	−0.026 (0.006)^***	−0.085 (0.018)^***
Low Self-Esteem	0.082 (0.010)^***	0.019 (0.006)^***	0.111 (0.016)^***	0.087 (0.011)^***	0.018 (0.006)^***	0.113 (0.018)^***	0.0824 (0.011)^***	0.018 (0.006)^***	0.107 (0.017)^***
F stat (p-value)	34.42	16.50	31.38	22.88	11.32	21.78	30.06	12.47	27.22
F stat (p-value)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
N. observations	6474	6474	6474	5224	5224	5224	5180	5180	5180

Note: Standard errors are in brackets. *indicates that the underlying coefficient is significant at 10% level, ** at 5% and ***at 1%. Additional variables included in the analysis are listed at p. 9–10. Model 1 only includes at birth characteristics. Model 2 adds mother’s and family’s characteristics measured at wave 1 and Model 3 adds results in test score at age 16. See p. 9

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