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. 2021 Aug 13;52(4):1958–1996. doi: 10.1111/grow.12540

TABLE 4.

June–August 2019–2020 employed at work regression results

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
MSA Pop. 100−250 K × 2020 −0.797 −0.597 −0.672 −0.305 −0.310 −0.386
(1.009) (0.836) (0.811) (0.907) (0.900) (0.929)
MSA Pop. 250−500 K × 2020 −4.239** −3.205** −3.109** −2.392* −2.403* −2.532*
(0.992) (0.903) (0.867) (0.960) (0.944) (0.979)
MSA Pop. 500 K−1 M × 2020 −2.359** −1.828** −1.315* −0.669 −0.684 −0.959
(0.770) (0.660) (0.647) (0.848) (0.824) (0.867)
MSA Pop. 1–2.5 M × 2020 −4.127** −3.994** −3.974** −2.399* −2.417* −2.849**
(0.821) (0.641) (0.576) (0.965) (0.957) (0.990)
MSA Pop. 2.5−5 M × 2020 −4.838** −4.347** −3.363** −2.058 −2.077 −2.559*
(0.948) (0.796) (0.810) (1.163) (1.128) (1.205)
MSA Pop. 5 M+ × 2020 −4.919** −4.573** −4.305** −2.229 −2.252 −3.032*
(0.907) (0.802) (0.682) (1.252) (1.190) (1.245)
Year 2020 Dummy −2.008**
(0.539)
Ln COVID Case Rate March 2020 × 2020 −0.613 −0.613
(0.403) (0.402)
Ln COVID Case Rate Current × 2020 −0.026 −0.052
(0.402) (0.399)
% Occ. Can Work from Home × 2020 −0.047 −0.046 −0.043
(0.093) (0.093) (0.093)
% Employed in Agriculture × 2020 −0.128 −0.129 −0.153
(0.102) (0.102) (0.100)
% Employed in Mining × 2020 −0.118 −0.118 −0.109
(0.148) (0.149) (0.154)
% Employed in Construction × 2020 −0.080 −0.079 −0.106
(0.166) (0.166) (0.167)
% Emp. Wholesale/Retail × 2020 0.037 0.037 0.070
(0.167) (0.168) (0.166)
% Emp. Transportation/Utilities × 2020 −0.187 −0.188 −0.228
(0.140) (0.140) (0.138)
% Emp. Professional Services × 2020 −0.036 −0.036 −0.071
(0.111) (0.111) (0.108)
% Emp. Education/Health × 2020 0.0004 0.0002 −0.027
(0.077) (0.077) (0.074)
% Emp. Leisure/Hospitality × 2020 −0.368* −0.367* −0.374*
(0.180) (0.179) (0.175)
% Employed in Other Services × 2020 0.066 0.067 0.065
(0.288) (0.288) (0.287)
% Emp. Public Administration × 2020 0.109 0.108 0.117
(0.101) (0.101) (0.099)
Local Area Fixed Effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Indiv. Characteristics × Time Dummies No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
State × Time Dummies No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
F‐Test p‐Value for Industry Variables 0.664 0.662 0.467
R 2 0.014 0.251 0.252 0.252 0.252 0.252
Observations 482,332 482,332 482,332 482,332 482,332 482,332

The sample includes civilians aged 16 and over. Standard errors in parentheses are clustered by local area. Local areas include individual MSAs and state‐specific non‐MSA residual areas. Non‐MSAs are the excluded MSA status/size group. Time refers to unique combinations of month and year.

*

Significantly different from zero at 5% level

**

Significant at 1% level.