Table 3 Balance tests (grouped by public goods and performance information).

From: Hiding behind the curtain: performance information and public officials’ policy instrument preferences in visible and invisible domains

 

All public goods

Visible public goods

Invisible public goods

 

PPI

NUPI

NPI

PPI

NUPI

NPI

PPI

NUPI

NPI

Gender (female = 1)

0.50

0.43

0.50**

0.44

0.44

0.51

0.48

0.42

0.50

Age

1.75

1.70

1.74

1.77

1.74

1.75

1.73

1.67

1.72

Education

1.22

1.22

1.18

1.23

1.22

1.15

1.20

1.21

1.20

Position type

1.63

1.60

1.61

1.60

1.55

1.66

1.65

1.65

1.56

Job stress

2.28

2.28

2.23

2.22

2.25

2.25

2.32

2.25

2.22

Job satisfaction

3.12

3.05

3.09

3.90

3.87

3.96

3.89

3.92

3.94

PSM

3.80

3.87

3.93

3.85

3.80

3.89*

3.72

3.82

3.84

N

390

390

391

198

193

195

192

197

196

  1. PPI positive performance information, NUPI neutral performance information, NPI negative performance information.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.
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