| dc.contributor.advisor | Jonathan Parker. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Kim, Olivia S.(Scientist in business management)Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Sloan School of Management. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-03T16:45:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-03T16:45:52Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2020 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126968 | |
| dc.description | Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, May, 2020 | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-36). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | I examine the consumption and labor decisions of self-employed households when a child goes to college using unique financial transactions data from the linked accounts of small businesses and their owners. Households respond to the increase in education spending by downsizing business production and exiting self-employment. They increase medical and restaurant expenditures and cut back on mortgage payments. While education spending hampers business survival, self-employed parents become wage-earners or enter the gig economy after exiting to meet the financial obligations of sending kids to college. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Olivia S. Kim. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 69 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sloan School of Management. | en_US |
| dc.title | The economic impact of education spending : evidence from self-employed households | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.M. in Management Research | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Sloan School of Management | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 1191221681 | en_US |
| dc.description.collection | S.M.inManagementResearch Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management | en_US |
| dspace.imported | 2020-09-03T16:45:51Z | en_US |
| mit.thesis.degree | Master | en_US |
| mit.thesis.department | Sloan | en_US |
