We study the effects of liquidity constraints and start-up costs on the relationship between wealth and the fraction of … entrepreneurs in an economy. We develop a dynamic occupational choice model with endogenous wealth and entry into entrepreneurship … function of individual wealth while the introduction of start-up costs tends to flatten this relationship. The theoretical …

We study the role of parental wealth for children's educational and occupational outcomes across three types of welfare … states and outline a theoretical model that assumes parental wealth to impact offspring's attainment through two mechanisms …, wealth’s purchasing function and its insurance function. We argue that welfare states can limit the purchasing function of …

We study the effects of liquidity constraints and start-up costs on the relationship between wealth and the fraction of … entrepreneurs in an economy. We develop a dynamic occupational choice model with endogenous wealth and entry into entrepreneurship … function of individual wealth while the introduction of start-up costs tends to flatten this relationship. The theoretical …

We study the effects of liquidity constraints and start-up costs on the relationship between wealth and the fraction of … entrepreneurs in an economy. We develop a dynamic occupational choice model with endogenous wealth and entry into entrepreneurship … function of individual wealth while the introduction of start-up costs tends to flatten this relationship. The theoretical …

In this empirical paper we analyze the link between homeownership across cohorts and the net wealth distribution. In … particular we are interested in the effect of the pattern of ownership across cohorts. Given that wealth accumulates over the … cohorts, should be related to current wealth levels and inequality. In order to gauge the effect of the ownership structure …

This paper examines the effect of wealth on labour market behaviour. Providing convincing evidence on this relationship … is challenging since wealth and labour supply may be endogenously determined. We overcome this by looking at wealth … theoretical framework which outlines how an individual's labour market behaviour may be expected to react to a wealth shock under …