Occupational Choice and Misallocation in Production Network Economies

Tiago Cavalcanti and Pierluca Pannella

No 16927, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper investigates how sectoral linkages amplify or diminish misallocation at the intensive and extensive margins. Our analysis is based on a multisector general equilibrium model with input-output linkages, heterogeneous entrepreneurial abilities, and endogenous occupational choice. Distortions misallocate the intensive use of production inputs, but they also affect productivity through two additional wedges: a “labor-entrepreneurship†wedge, which misallocates agents between entrepreneurship and the labor force; and a “between- sector†wedge, which misallocates entrepreneurs among the different sectors. When the most distorted sectors are upstream (downstream), input-output linkages amplify (dimin- ish) the loss from the misallocation of entrepreneurs. We calibrate the model to the US and quantify the output losses from distortions, decomposing the role of networks and the ex- tensive margin decisions. We study an entry subsidy program, showing that it should target sectors with large profit losses, even if they are not necessarily the most distorted.

Keywords: Distortions; Firm entry; Production network; Aggregate misallocation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E23 L26 O11 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-01
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