IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'The Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship - The Role of Peer Effects' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 134, 356-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9949

Work Experience from Paid Employment and the Path to Entrepreneurship: Business Takeover versus New Venture Start-Up

Guoqian Xi, Jörn Block, Frank Lasch, Frank Robert, Roy Thurik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9919

Entrepreneurial Choices of Initial Human Capital Endowments and New Venture Success

Vera Rocha, Mirjam C. van Praag, Timothy B. Folta, Anabela Carneiro

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9914

Minimum Wages and Firm Value

Brian Bell, Stephen Machin

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 36, 159-95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9913

Temporary Agency Work and the Great Recession

Daniel Baumgarten, Michael Kvasnicka

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 136, 29-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9874

Social Capital, Entrepreneurship and Living Standards: Differences between Immigrants and the Native Born

Matthew Roskruge, Jacques Poot, Laura King

published in: H Westlund and JP Larsson (eds.), Handbook of Social Capital and Regional Development, Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar, 2016

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9848

Taking the Leap: The Determinants of Entrepreneurs Hiring their First Employee

Robert W. Fairlie, Javier Miranda

published in: Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2017, 26 (1), 3 - 34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9822

Labour Supply after Inheritances and the Role of Expectations

Karina Doorley, Nico Pestel

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 82(4), 843-863

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9806

Size of Training Firms: The Role of Firms, Luck, and Ability in Young Workers' Careers

Steffen Müller, Renate Neubäumer

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2018, 39 (5), 658-673

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9805

Born Entrepreneur? Adolescents' Personality Characteristics and Self-Employment in Adulthood

Jutta Viinikainen, Guido Heineck, Petri Böckerman, Mirka Hintsanen, Olli Raitakari, Jaakko Pehkonen

published in: Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2017, 8, 9-12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9744

The Entrepreneurship Beveridge Curve

Thomas Gries, Stefan Jungblut, Wim Naudé

published in: International Journal of Economic Theory, 2016, 12 (2), 151-165

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9743

Business in Genocide: Understanding and Avoiding Complicity

Nora Stel, Wim Naudé

published in: Charles H. Anderton and Jurgen Brauer (eds.), Economic Aspects of Genocides, Other Mass Atrocities, and Their Preventions, Oxford University Press, 2016, 591–612

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9741

Offshoring and Labor Markets

David Hummels, Jakob R. Munch, Chong Xiang

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2018, 56, 981-1028

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9740

Firm Dynamics and Employment Protection: Evidence from Sectoral Data

Anna Bottasso, Maurizio Conti, Giovanni Sulis

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 78, 35-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9734

The Link between R&D, Innovation and Productivity: Are Micro Firms Different?

Julian Baumann, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Research Policy, 2016, 45 (6), 1263–1274