Occupational choice and liquidity constraints

Thierry Magnac and Jean-Marc Robin

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Abstract: Using U.S. data, Evans and Jovanovic find a strong effect of the level of assets on the probability of being self-employed. They interpret this result as evidence of liquidity constraints. In this paper, we follow up this line of research: first, by replicating Evans and Jovanovic's methodology on French data to show that the empirical evidence is similar. Second, we embed their static model into a dynamic framework with uncertainty. The main theoretical prediction that can be drawn is that if the liquidity constraint is strong enough a future increase in the "entrepreneurial ability" of an agent, although raising expected future incomes, may induce her to lower her current consumption and raise her savings.

Keywords: Life-cycle dynamics; liquidity constraints; occupational choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996-06
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Published in Ricerche Economiche, 1996, 50 (2), pp.105-133. ⟨10.1006/reco.1996.0008⟩

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DOI: 10.1006/reco.1996.0008

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