Table 3

North Carolina county restaurant and bar employment models, IV

County restaurant and bar employment by employer size category, b (SE)
<5 employees5–9 employees10–19 employees20–49 employees50–99 employees
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)
State-wide smoke-free air law indicator41.3 (55.3)32.2 (91.3)49.0 (158.7)3.7 (32.1)484.3 (2014.2)-187.1 (754.5)844.8** (247.7)1072.9* (481.3)582.7 (629.1)342.2 (604.0)
Prior quarter county restaurant and bar employment
(within employer size category)
–0.2 (1.1)–0.1 (0.1)0.001 (0.3)0.02 (0.1)–0.1 (0.9)–0.1 (0.2)–0.002 (0.04)0.01 (0.04)0.01 (0.2)–0.1 (0.2)
County smoking prevalence–0.8 (11.9)–36.6** (11.6)–170.5 (264.1)109.0 (138.5)–55.4 (107.3)
County non-hospitality employment
(in units of 10 000)
–8.2 (671.2)39.6 (345.6)1382.6 (2,162.6)–285.4 (200.4)–3457.4 (12108.3)–1839.9 (3585.1)1471.1 (1826.2)2405.6 (1947.9)427.8 (5176.3)120.4 (1505.9)
Years included2001–20142001–20122001–20142001–20122001–20142001–20122001–20142001–20122001–20142001–2012
n (counties)95949393969592916156
n (county-quarter observations)1991168239253325430936644082346120711721
  • County non-hospitality employment instrumented for by its lagged value. Quarter and county fixed effects not shown.

  • *P<0.05; **P<0.01.

  • IV, instrumental variable.