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Table 9 Estimates for convicts with one versus several prison spells in 2002–08. Sargan_Hansen tests for equation (3)

From: Employment and wages before and after incarceration – evidence from Hungary

 

Employment

Daily earnings

Recidivists between two prison spells

462.353

125.945

Recidivists after their last prison spell

(0.0000)

(0.0050)

Non-recidivists after their single prison spell

796.131

357.188

 

(0.0000)

(0.0000)

  1. Other test statistics: Employment equation for recidivists and non-recidivists: corr(ui, Xb) = −0.165 and −0.081, rho = 0.304 and 0.511. Wage equation: corr(ui, Xb) = −0.392 and −0.148, rho = 0.423 and 0.408