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Published in final edited form as: J Econom. 2011 Mar 1;161(1):82–99. doi: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2010.09.008

Table 6.

National Accession and Separation Rates, by NAICS Sector

Accession Rate
 Separation Rate
Overall Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Overall Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
0.640 0.459 0.801 0.713 0.585 0.633 0.408 0.627 0.741 0.763
(0.038 ) (0.023 ) (0.044 ) (0.043 ) (0.042 ) (0.037 ) (0.024 ) (0.039 ) (0.045 ) (0.040 )
[0.148 ] [0.146 ] [0.135 ] [0.148 ] [0.166 ] [0.154 ] [0.152 ] [0.152 ] [0.149 ] [0.162 ]
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
0.169 0.156 0.195 0.174 0.151 0.160 0.141 0.153 0.168 0.179
(0.012 ) (0.010 ) (0.015 ) (0.012 ) (0.011 ) (0.010 ) (0.009 ) (0.009 ) (0.011 ) (0.012 )
[0.314 ] [0.303 ] [0.340 ] [0.284 ] [0.331 ] [0.312 ] [0.305 ] [0.297 ] [0.305 ] [0.343 ]
Utilities
0.062 0.069 0.065 0.055 0.058 0.063 0.062 0.058 0.069 0.063
(0.009 ) (0.012 ) (0.008 ) (0.007 ) (0.009 ) (0.009 ) (0.007 ) (0.008 ) (0.011 ) (0.011 )
[0.322 ] [0.310 ] [0.348 ] [0.276 ] [0.355 ] [0.322 ] [0.293 ] [0.316 ] [0.329 ] [0.352 ]
Construction
0.355 0.314 0.411 0.370 0.321 0.339 0.287 0.322 0.360 0.388
(0.012 ) (0.011 ) (0.013 ) (0.012 ) (0.010 ) (0.010 ) (0.010 ) (0.010 ) (0.010 ) (0.012 )
[0.333 ] [0.303 ] [0.357 ] [0.344 ] [0.326 ] [0.334 ] [0.308 ] [0.321 ] [0.354 ] [0.354 ]
Manufacturing
0.130 0.122 0.137 0.139 0.121 0.130 0.116 0.126 0.143 0.137
(0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.007 ) (0.005 ) (0.006 ) (0.005 ) (0.005 ) (0.006 ) (0.005 )
[0.413 ] [0.405 ] [0.412 ] [0.375 ] [0.462 ] [0.415 ] [0.441 ] [0.449 ] [0.337 ] [0.434 ]
Wholesale Trade
0.158 0.150 0.166 0.162 0.152 0.151 0.134 0.148 0.160 0.162
(0.005 ) (0.005 ) (0.005 ) (0.006 ) (0.005 ) (0.005 ) (0.005 ) (0.005 ) (0.005 ) (0.005 )
[0.329 ] [0.332 ] [0.329 ] [0.319 ] [0.336 ] [0.328 ] [0.332 ] [0.333 ] [0.313 ] [0.335 ]
Retail Trade
0.260 0.207 0.262 0.273 0.302 0.251 0.227 0.243 0.263 0.270
(0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.008 ) (0.007 ) (0.006 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 )
[0.336 ] [0.343 ] [0.312 ] [0.325 ] [0.368 ] [0.339 ] [0.366 ] [0.328 ] [0.323 ] [0.338 ]
Transportation and Warehousing
0.209 0.184 0.214 0.215 0.222 0.200 0.178 0.194 0.207 0.222
(0.008 ) (0.008 ) (0.008 ) (0.007 ) (0.008 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.008 ) (0.007 )
[0.307 ] [0.315 ] [0.289 ] [0.307 ] [0.317 ] [0.310 ] [0.323 ] [0.319 ] [0.306 ] [0.290 ]
Information
0.181 0.180 0.181 0.183 0.179 0.176 0.165 0.170 0.181 0.188
(0.011 ) (0.011 ) (0.010 ) (0.011 ) (0.010 ) (0.010 ) (0.010 ) (0.010 ) (0.010 ) (0.011 )
[0.287 ] [0.277 ] [0.290 ] [0.298 ] [0.283 ] [0.288 ] [0.284 ] [0.294 ] [0.290 ] [0.282 ]
Finance and Insurance
0.125 0.126 0.126 0.128 0.122 0.119 0.108 0.113 0.127 0.130
(0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.005 ) (0.005 ) (0.006 )
[0.385 ] [0.390 ] [0.368 ] [0.380 ] [0.401 ] [0.389 ] [0.397 ] [0.393 ] [0.382 ] [0.383 ]
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
0.239 0.221 0.258 0.249 0.226 0.228 0.196 0.220 0.254 0.242
(0.008 ) (0.007 ) (0.008 ) (0.008 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 )
[0.309 ] [0.303 ] [0.300 ] [0.324 ] [0.306 ] [0.305 ] [0.303 ] [0.294 ] [0.321 ] [0.304 ]
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
0.209 0.217 0.207 0.204 0.209 0.195 0.168 0.201 0.199 0.211
(0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.006 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 )
[0.347 ] [0.345 ] [0.335 ] [0.347 ] [0.365 ] [0.350 ] [0.352 ] [0.340 ] [0.353 ] [0.356 ]
Management of Companies and Enterprises
0.140 0.126 0.143 0.149 0.142 0.135 0.123 0.129 0.146 0.144
(0.009 ) (0.009 ) (0.008 ) (0.010 ) (0.008 ) (0.008 ) (0.008 ) (0.008 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 )
[0.434 ] [0.436 ] [0.410 ] [0.445 ] [0.447 ] [0.443 ] [0.463 ] [0.431 ] [0.438 ] [0.440 ]
Administrative, Support, Waste Management, Remediation
0.546 0.518 0.577 0.563 0.527 0.525 0.475 0.511 0.545 0.572
(0.013 ) (0.012 ) (0.015 ) (0.014 ) (0.012 ) (0.012 ) (0.012 ) (0.012 ) (0.013 ) (0.013 )
[0.299 ] [0.287 ] [0.289 ] [0.304 ] [0.315 ] [0.291 ] [0.286 ] [0.274 ] [0.303 ] [0.302 ]
Educational Services
0.230 0.182 0.217 0.285 0.238 0.216 0.140 0.270 0.260 0.193
(0.011 ) (0.009 ) (0.009 ) (0.011 ) (0.013 ) (0.010 ) (0.009 ) (0.011 ) (0.009 ) (0.009 )
[0.470 ] [0.506 ] [0.432 ] [0.466 ] [0.476 ] [0.482 ] [0.487 ] [0.496 ] [0.439 ] [0.508 ]
Health Care and Social Assistance
0.176 0.170 0.175 0.189 0.170 0.165 0.146 0.162 0.182 0.169
(0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 ) (0.006 )
[0.384 ] [0.408 ] [0.361 ] [0.380 ] [0.387 ] [0.380 ] [0.381 ] [0.365 ] [0.382 ] [0.395 ]
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
0.382 0.297 0.533 0.364 0.331 0.362 0.267 0.321 0.486 0.373
(0.015 ) (0.008 ) (0.025 ) (0.014 ) (0.012 ) (0.013 ) (0.009 ) (0.010 ) (0.022 ) (0.013 )
[0.304 ] [0.289 ] [0.305 ] [0.322 ] [0.300 ] [0.298 ] [0.291 ] [0.272 ] [0.317 ] [0.315 ]
Accommodation and Food Services
0.408 0.364 0.449 0.435 0.381 0.397 0.334 0.400 0.453 0.401
(0.014 ) (0.014 ) (0.016 ) (0.014 ) (0.013 ) (0.014 ) (0.012 ) (0.015 ) (0.015 ) (0.013 )
[0.291 ] [0.295 ] [0.288 ] [0.283 ] [0.300 ] [0.286 ] [0.292 ] [0.276 ] [0.287 ] [0.290 ]
Other Services (except Public Administration)
0.260 0.249 0.275 0.271 0.246 0.249 0.213 0.247 0.281 0.255
(0.007 ) (0.008 ) (0.008 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 ) (0.007 )
[0.316 ] [0.336 ] [0.285 ] [0.323 ] [0.322 ] [0.312 ] [0.322 ] [0.304 ] [0.307 ] [0.315 ]

Note: Computed for QWI data covering 1993Q1–2008Q3.

Each cell reports averages, standard errors (in parentheses), and effective missing data ratios (in square brackets). For computations, see text.