Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

11-2018

Abstract

We develop a model to evaluate the aggregate impact of college finance in an environment with entrepreneurship. The calibrated model captures the stylized fact that entrepreneurs with college are more common and more profitable in the United States. The calibration indicates this is mainly because higher labor earnings allow college‐educated agents to ameliorate credit constraints if and when they eventually become entrepreneurs. Changes in financing constraints on entrepreneurs can thus affect college attendance, and changes in financing constraints on college can affect entrepreneurship rates as well.

Keywords

college education, education subsidies, entrepreneurship, financing constraints

Discipline

Economic Theory | Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Higher Education

Research Areas

Economic Theory

Publication

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volume

51

Issue

7

First Page

1765

Last Page

1813

ISSN

0022-2879

Identifier

10.1111/jmcb.12584

Publisher

Wiley

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1111/jmcb.12584

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