Table 3

Effect of Market Concentration on Real Wages: Panel Regressions (First Stage)

Dependent Variable: Log HHI (Vacancies)
(1)(2)(3)
Panel A: Market-Level Regressions
Average log (1/N) in other markets1.005***1.046***1.074***
(0.0344)(0.0323)(0.0340)
Log tightness0.171***0.198***
(0.00471)(0.00558)
Market (CZ × six-digit SOC) FE
year–quarter FE
year–quarter FE × CZ FE
Observations59,48558,64256,679
R-squared0.8460.8520.865
Dependent Variable: Log HHI (Vacancies)
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Panel B: Vacancy-Level Regressions
Average log (1/N) in other markets0.871***0.926***0.889***0.931***
(0.129)(0.124)(0.116)(0.0760)
Log tightness0.341***
0.451***0.252***
(0.0162)(0.0186)(0.0146)
CZ × six-digit SOC FE
year–quarter FE
year–quarter FE × CZ FE
CZ × Job-title FE
Observations1,023,2951,021,1851,020,510955,641
R-squared0.9020.9130.9280.948