Financing Labor

Efraim Benmelech; Nittai Bergman; Amit Seru

doi:10.1093/rof/rfab013

Financing Labor

Efraim Benmelech^*, Nittai Bergman, Amit Seru

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School of Economics

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Financial market imperfections can have significant impact on employment decisions of firms. We illustrate the economic importance of this channel by showing that employment decisions are constrained by firms' financial health and liquidity. Our main analysis uses a collage of three "quasi-experiments" to trace the effects of finance on employment. The results suggest that financial constraints and the availability of credit play an important role in firm-level employment decisions, as well as aggregate unemployment outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1365-1393
Number of pages	29
Journal	Review of Finance
Volume	25
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfab013
State	Published - 1 Sep 2021

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Employment
Financial constraints
Labor

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