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285 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7553
Entrepreneurship and the Business Environment in Africa: An Application to Ethiopia
Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Mthuli Ncube
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7467
Youth Employment in Africa: New Evidence and Policies from Swaziland
Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye
published in: M. A. Malo and D. Sciulli (eds.), Disadvantaged Workers: Empirical Evidence and Labour Policies, AIEL Series in Labour Economics, Springer, 2014
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7460
Regional Effect Heterogeneity of Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed
Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn
published in: Regional Studies, 2014, 48 (6), 1108-1134
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7436
Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries
Francesco Quatraro, Marco Vivarelli
published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2015, 30, 277–305
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7417
Homeownership and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Commitment and Mortgage Debt
Philippe Bracke, Christian Hilber, Olmo Silva
heavily revised version published as 'Mortgage debt and entrepreneurship' in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, 103, 52 - 66
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7402
A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Experimental Evidence on What Governments Can Do to Formalize Firms
Gustavo Henrique de Andrade, Miriam Bruhn, David McKenzie
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2016, 30 (1), 24-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7346
Firm-Level Heterogeneity and the Decision to Export: A Real Option Approach
Wim Naudé, Thomas Gries, Natasa Bilkic
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7338
The Radical Innovation Investment Decision Refined
Natasa Bilkic, Thomas Gries, Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7302
Does Easy Start-Up Formation Hamper Incumbents' R&D Investment? A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
Luca Colombo, Herbert Dawid, Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Small Business Economics, 2017, 49, 513-531.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7298
The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment
Aaron K. Chatterji, Kenneth Y. Chay, Robert W. Fairlie
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (3), 507-561
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7284
Team Heterogeneity in Startups and its Development over Time
Ulrich Kaiser, Bettina Müller
published in: Small Business Economics, 2015, 45 (4), 787-804
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7206
Risk Tolerance and Entrepreneurship
Hans K. Hvide, Georgios A. Panos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7136
U.S. Immigration Policy at a Crossroads
Harriet Duleep
published as 'U.S. Immigration Policy at a Crossroads: Should the U.S. Continue Its Family-Friendly Policy?' in: International Migration Review, 2014, 48 (3), 823-845
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7121
Unemployment Insurance and Entrepreneurship
Knut Røed, Jens Fredrik Skogstrøm
revised version published in: Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 2014, 26 (4), 430-448
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7079
Entrepreneurship Training and Self-Employment among University Graduates: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Tunisia
Patrick Premand, Stefanie Brodmann, Rita K. Almeida, Rebekka Grun, Mahdi Barouni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7057
Heterogeneity in Subjective Wellbeing: An Application to Occupational Allocation in Africa
Paolo Falco, William F. Maloney, Bob Rijkers, Mauricio Sarrias
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7044
Ability Dispersion and Team Performance: A Field Experiment
Sander M. Hoogendoorn, Simon C. Parker, Mirjam C. van Praag
published online in: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 30 November 2017
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6896
Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 106: 199-210
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6895
What Are We Learning from Business Training and Entrepreneurship Evaluations around the Developing World?
David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
revised version published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2014, 29(1), 48-82
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6819
The Returns to Education for Opportunity Entrepreneurs, Necessity Entrepreneurs, and Paid Employees
Frank M. Fossen, Tobias J. M. Büttner
revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 37, 66-84
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