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. 2020 Oct 21;127:103292. doi: 10.1016/j.jue.2020.103292

Table 2.

Multiple city results.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
ln(Deathsi)NYC ln(Casesi) NYC ln(Casesi) Atlanta ln(Casesi) Boston ln(Casesi) Chicago ln(Casesi) Philadelphia
Panel A: OLS
%ΔTripsi 0.019*** 0.023*** 0.003 0.051*** 0.019*** 0.012***
(0.006) (0.004) (0.019) (0.011) (0.003) (0.003)
r-sq. 0.125 0.224 0.018 0.521 0.171 0.251
obs. 159 159 22 19 206 42
Panel B: OLS With Demographics
%ΔTripsi 0.004 0.010*** 0.001 0.034* 0.005 0.008
(0.005) (0.003) (0.013) (0.016) (0.003) (0.005)
R-Sq. 0.484 0.437 0.567 0.569 0.514 0.465
Obs. 159 159 22 19 206 42
Panel C: IV With Demographics
%ΔTripsi^ 0.029** 0.068*** 0.010 0.066* 0.010 0.016*
(0.015) (0.020) (0.029) (0.034) (0.012) (0.009)
Root MSE 0.420 0.487 0.537 0.422 0.482 0.222
Obs. 159 159 22 19 206 42
F-Stat. 32.170 22.199 4.040 5.648 38.891 5.091
Controls for Panels B & C
%AfAmi X X X X X X
ln(Agei) X X X X X X
ln(Inci) X X X X X X

Notes: The dependent variable is total cases, or total deaths, per capita in zip code i. All columns control for log of healthcare employment. Panels A and B show versions of OLS Eqs. (1) for separate cities’ cases, as well as NYC’s deaths. Panel C shows results from Eq. (1.2), adding additional demographic controls, Xi: ln(TotalCasesi)=α+β%ΔTripsi^+ΓXi+εi. Panel C uses both the telework and essential share instuments. Robust standard errors in parentheses. Significance: *p<0.10,**p<0.05,***p<0.01.