Product Market Competition and Human Resource Practices in the Retail Food Sector |
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| Authors: | ELIZABETH DAVIS MATTHEW FREEDMAN JULIA LANE BRIAN MCCALL NICOLE NESTORIAK TIMOTHY PARK |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Applied Economics, University Of Minnesota, 1994 Buford Ave, St Paul, MN 55108‐6040;2. ILR School, 359 Ives Hall East, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853‐3901;3. Suite 900, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22230;4. University of Michigan, 2108B School of Education Bldg., 610 East University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109;5. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20212;6. 315C Conner, Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602‐7509.;7. The authors’ affiliations are, respectively, Department of Applied Economics, University Of Minnesota, 1994 Buford Ave, St Paul, MN 55108‐6040;8. ILR School, 359 Ives Hall East, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853‐3901;9. Suite 900, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22230;10. University of Michigan, 2108B School of Education Bldg., 610 East University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109;11. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20212;12. 315C Conner, Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602‐7509. E‐mail: . The paper has benefited from helpful comments from Charlie Brown, Erica Groshen, James Hertel, Jean Kinsey, Anne Russell, Scott Scheuler, and two anonymous referees. This document reports the results of research and analysis undertaken by the U.S. Census Bureau staff. It has undergone a Census Bureau review more limited in scope than that given to official Census Bureau publications. This research is a part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Longitudinal Employer‐Household Dynamics (LEHD) Program, which is partially supported by the National Science Foundation Grants SES‐9978093 and SES‐0427889 to Cornell University (Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research), the National Institute on Aging Grant R01~AG018854‐02, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The views expressed on statistical, methodological, and technical issues are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the U.S. Census Bureau, its program sponsors, or its data providers. Some of the data used in this paper are confidential data from the LEHD Program. The U.S. Census Bureau supports external researchers’ use of these data through the Research Data Centers (http://www.ces.census.gov). For questions regarding the data, please contact Jeremy S. Wu, Program Manager, U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Program, Attn: Holly Brown, Room 6H136C, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746, USA (, http://lehd.did.census.gov). |
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| Abstract: | In the wake of Wal‐Mart and other mass merchandisers’ entry into food retailing, the nature of competition in the industry has changed radically. Using longitudinal data on workers and firms to construct measures of compensation and churning for traditional food retailers, this paper examines how these measures change in response to mass merchandiser entry. While there is considerable heterogeneity across retail food establishments, human resource practices are persistent even in the face of new external competition. |
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