IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7669

published in: Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of International Immigration, 1B, Elsevier, 2015

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7653

The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature

Max Nathan

published in: IZA Journal of Migration 2014, 3:4

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7547

"Romanticizing Penniless Entrepreneurs?" The Relationship between Start-Ups and Human Wellbeing across Countries

Wim Naudé, José Ernesto Amorós, Oscar Cristi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7542

Survival of Spinoffs and Other Startups: First Evidence for the Private Sector in Germany, 1976-2008

Daniel Fackler, Claus Schnabel

substantially revised version published as 'Spinoffs in Germany: Characteristics, Survival, and the Role of their Parents', in: Small Business Economics, 2016, 46 (1), 93-114 ( co-authored by Alexandra Schmucker,)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7507

Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy

Wim Naudé

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. 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. 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. 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. 6947

Gender, Risk and Venture Creation Intentions

Christopher Dawson, Andrew Henley

published in: Journal of Small Business Management, 2015, 53(2), 501-515

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6844

Entrepreneurship: Cause or Consequence of Financial Optimism?

Christopher Dawson, David Emmanuel de Meza, Andrew Henley, Reza Arabsheibani

published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2014, 23(4), 717–742

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6731

Ethnic Diversity and Team Performance: A Field Experiment

Sander M. Hoogendoorn, Mirjam C. van Praag

revised version available here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6411

Information and Competition Entry

Mara Ewers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6200

Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship

Chihmao Hsieh, Simon C. Parker, Mirjam C. van Praag

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6103

Transitions to Entrepreneurship and Industry-Specific Barriers

Magnus Lofstrom, Timothy Bates, Simon C. Parker

published as 'Why Are Some People More Likely to Become Small-Businesses Owners than Others: Entrepreneurship Entry and Industry-specific Barriers' in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2014, 29(2), 232–251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6035

Alte Idee, neues Programm: Der Gründungszuschuss als Nachfolger von Überbrückungsgeld und Ich-AG

Marco Caliendo, Jens Hogenacker, Steffen Künn, Frank Wießner

published in: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung / Journal for Labour Market Research, 2012, 45 (2), 99-123

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5790

Searching for the Entrepreneurial Personality: New Evidence and Avenues for Further Research

Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33 (2), 319-324

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5566

Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed

Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos

revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2014, 42 (4), 787-814