Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180876 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
CHCP Working Paper No. 2016-2
Publisher: 
The University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP), London (Ontario)
Abstract: 
We study the aggregate productivity effects of firm-level financial frictions. Credit constraints affect not only production decisions but also household-level schooling decisions. In turn, entrepreneurial schooling decisions impact firm-level productivities, whose cross-sectional distribution becomes endogenous. In anticipation of future constraints, entrepreneurs under-invest in schooling. Frictions lower aggregate productivity because talent is misallocated across occupations, and capital misallocated across firms. In addition, firm-level productivities are also lower due to distortions induced by the schooling responses. We find that these effects combined account for about 1/5 of the U.S.-India aggregate productivity difference. Requiring the model to match schooling differences significantly amplifies the impact of frictions, and the model accounts for 58% of the aggregate productivity difference.
Subjects: 
Aggregate Productivity
Financial Frictions
Entrepreneurship
Human Capital
JEL: 
E24
I25
J24
O11
O15
O16
O47
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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