Variable list for wage_data.dta
Note that data for 1922 comes from Collin, K., Lundh, C., & Prado, S. (2019). Exploring regional wage dispersion in Swedish manufacturing, 1860–2009. Scandinavian Economic History Review, 67(3), 249–268. https://doi.org/10.1080/03585522.2018.1551242

log_wage_real: natural log of the average real wage at each plant
meanwage: mean wage at each plant
year: year of observation
county: which of the historical counties the plant is located in (1-24)
companyname: name of the plant/company
location: name of locality where plant is located
avgweeklyhours: The average number of hours, as provided by the plant
workdays: number of days work was active at plant
weeks: number of weeks work was active at plant
workersday_men: the average number of male workers aged 18 and older, per day.
hourstot_men: the total number of hours worked during the year for male workers aged 18 and older
wagetot_men: the total value of wages paid to male workers aged 18 and older
workersday_wom: the average number of female workers aged 18 and older, per day.
hourstot_wom: the total number of hours worked during the year for female workers aged 18 and older
wagetot_wom: the total value of wages paid to female workers aged 18 and older
workersminor: the average number of workers below the age of 18, per day.
hoursminor: the total number of hours worked during the year for workers below the age of 18.
wageminor: the total value of wages paid to workers below the age of 18.
male_wage: the average wage for male workers aged 18 and older at the plant.
female_wage: the average wage for female workers aged 18 and older at the plant.
minor_wage: the average wage for workers below the age of 18.
minor_wage_real: the average real wage for workers below the age of 18.
male_wage_real: the average real wage for male workers aged 18 and older.
female_wage_real: the average real wage for female workers aged 18 and older.
logmale_wage_real: the natural log of male_wage_real
loghours_men: the natural log of hourstot_men
totalworkers: the average total number of workers at the plant per day.
femaleshare: the share of female workers at the plant.
minorshare: the share of minor workers at the plant.
logfemale_wage_real: the natural log of female_wage_real.
real_wage: the average real wage at the plant.
log_nominal_female: the natural log of female_wage.
id: a unique id identifying the plant.


Variables for uniondensity_full.dta.
year: year of observation
industrycode: designates industry
employment_growth: designates employment growth in industry, see paper for discussion on the creation of this.
länskod: county code
members: number of union members
employment: individuals in industry
national_union_density: national level of union density
employment_share: share of employment for industry in county
bartik_union_density: employment_share*national_union_density. Used to construct the final 'bartik_union_density' used in the paper

uniondensity_full_sac.dta
This dataset is used to test whether or not dropping the SAC union
matters for the core findings of the paper.
year: year of observation
county: county of observation
bartik_union_density_sac: Is simply bartik_union_density from uniondensity_full.dta but constructed without SAC
uniondensity_sac: is union density without SAC in said county.



