Friday Seminar - "Financial Access and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Credit Lotteries" - Janis Skrastins (Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School)
"Financial Access and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Credit Lotteries"
Abstract: We assess the employment and income effects of access to credit dedicated to investment in individual mobility by exploiting time-series variation in access to credit through random lotteries for participants in a group-lending mechanism in Brazil. We find that access to credit for investment in individual mobility increases formal employment rates and salaries, yielding an annual rate of return of 12 percent. Consistent with a geographically broader job search, individuals transition to jobs farther from home and public transportation. Our results suggest that accessing distant labor markets through credit for investment in individual mobility yields high and persistent returns.
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