Table 3

Subsample of Firms with One Industry Segment across Multiple Plants

Dep. Var.: Log Avg. Wages
CountyCZ
SIC3
(1)
SIC3
(2)
SIC4
(3)
SIC4
(4)
SIC3
(5)
SIC3
(6)
SIC4
(7)
SIC4
(8)
log(HHI, ind–local–year)-0.012-0.011-0.014-0.011-0.017-0.017-0.018-0.017
-3.57-2.97-4.44-3.31-4.21-3.50-4.53-3.42
log(emp, ind–local–year)0.0280.0290.0280.0310.0260.0270.0270.029
22.2819.5022.3219.7019.1516.0819.1616.78
log(labor productivity)0.0470.0410.0420.0360.0460.0400.0410.035
15.339.7812.517.7113.108.5611.197.25
log(plants per segment)0.0020.0060.0010.004
0.320.780.080.48
log(plants per firm)-0.013-0.014-0.012-0.012
-1.88-1.94-1.66-1.72
Plant age (/100)0.3590.3710.3620.3730.3730.3840.3780.390
29.3025.2027.5323.7729.0224.7627.2823.23
Year fixed effectsYYYY
Industry fixed effectsYYYY
Industry–year fixed effectsYYYY
Firm fixed effectsYYYY
Firm-year fixed effectsYYYY
Observations226,000226,000187,000187,000226,000226,000187,000187,000
R20.63480.74230.64630.75230.63520.74300.64690.7531
  • Notes: This table examines the effects of employer concentration in a local labor market on the wages of plants using a subsample of plants owned by firms that have multiple plants in only one industry segment. The dependent variable is the log of average wages per worker as defined in Table 1. log(HHI) and log(employment) are lagged by one year. Columns 1–4 (Columns 5–8) present estimates using counties (CZs) to define local labor markets. Columns 1–2 and 5–6 (Columns 3–4 and 7–8) present estimates using three- and four-digit SIC industries to compute HHI, log(employment), and log(plants per segment). The t-statistics based on standard errors adjusted for sample clustering at the county or CZ level are reported below the coefficient estimates. The numbers of observations are rounded to the nearest thousand to follow the U.S. Census Bureau’s disclosure rules.