The Employment Effects of Faster Payment: Evidence from the Federal Quickpay Reform

Jean-Noel Barrot () and Ramana Nanda
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Jean-Noel Barrot: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

No 17-004, Harvard Business School Working Papers from Harvard Business School

Abstract: We study the impact of Quickpay, a federal reform that indefinitely accelerated payments to small business contractors of the U.S. government. We find a strong direct effect of the reform on employment growth at the firm-level. Importantly, how-ever, we also document substantial crowding out of non-treated firms' employment within local labor markets. While the overall net employment effect was positive, it was close to zero in tight labor markets - where crowding out was stronger. Our results highlight an important channel for alleviating financing constraints in small firms, but also emphasize the general-equilibrium effects of large-scale interventions, which can lead to lower aggregate outcomes depending on labor market conditions.

Pages: 75 pages
Date: 2016-07, Revised 2018-07
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