Babina, Tania
[Verfasser:in]
;
Ouimet, Paige
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Zarutskie, Rebecca
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
Anmerkungen:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments June 1, 2020 erstellt
Beschreibung:
How does access to public equity markets affect real outcomes? We examine the human capital of IPO-filing firms and how going public affects their labor force. While IPO-filing firms have high average wages and limited industrial diversification, a success-ful IPO increases departures of high-wage employees to startups and triggers industrial diversification through employment growth in non-core industries. Surprisingly, IPOs do not significantly affect earnings growth of pre-IPO workers. Instead, post-IPO hires receive larger earnings increases upon joining. Overall, going public has significant implications for the workers, the firm, and labor reallocation across firms