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277 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12943
Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Seema Jayachandran
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12926
Enterprising Women in Southern Africa: When Does Land Ownership Matter?
Zuzana Brixiova, Thierry Kangoye, Fiona Tregenna
published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2020, 41 (1), 37 - 51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12878
Selection and Absolute Advantage in Farming and Entrepreneurship
Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francesco Amodio, Markus Poschke
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12841
Does Solo Self-Employment Serve as a 'Stepping Stone' to Employership?
Michael Leith Cowling, Mark Wooden
published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 68, 101942
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12802
Endogenous Hours and the Wealth of Entrepreneurs
Felix Wellschmied, Emircan Yurdagul
published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2021, 39, 79-99
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12761
Former Communist Party Membership and Present-Day Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe
Artjoms Ivlevs, Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova
published in: Small Business Economics, 2021, 57 (4), 1783-1800
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12755
Do Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed Affect Participants' Well-Being? A Rigorous Look at (Un-)Intended Consequences of Labor Market Policies
Marco Caliendo, Stefan Tübbicke
published in: Evaluation Review, 2022, 46 (5), 517-554
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12742
What Makes an Employer?
Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos
revised version published as 'Personality characteristics and the decision to hire' in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2022, 31 (3), 736-761
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12690
Catching up or Lagging Behind? The Long-Term Business and Innovation Potential of Subsidized Start-Ups out of Unemployment
Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn, Martin Weissenberger
published in: Research Policy, 2020, 49 (10), 1-14
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12607
Entrepreneurial Persistence beyond Survival: Measurement and Determinants
Marco Caliendo, Maximilian Göthner, Martin Weißenberger
published in: Journal of Small Business Management, 2020, 58 (3), 617-647.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12555
September 11 and the Rise of Necessity Self-Employment among Mexican Immigrants
Chunbei Wang, Magnus Lofstrom
published in: Eastern Economic Journal, 2020, 46 (1), 5 - 33
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12499
Entrepreneurship over the Business Cycle in the United States: A Decomposition
Frank M. Fossen
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2021, 57, 1837-1855
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12445
Who Gains from Active Learning in Higher Education?
Giulio Bosio, Federica Origo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12367
Wage Employment, Unemployment and Self-Employment across Countries
Markus Poschke
published online in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 12 September 2024, 103684
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12336
Types of Institutions and Well-Being of Self-Employed and Paid Employees in Europe
Michael Fritsch, Alina Sorgner, Michael Wyrwich
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2021, 56, 877–901
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12261
New Evidence on Long-Term Effects of Start-Up Subsidies: Matching Estimates and Their Robustness
Marco Caliendo, Stefan Tübbicke
published in: Empirical Economics, 2020, 59 (4), 1605-1631
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12191
Who Founds? An Analysis of University and Corporate Startup Entrepreneurs Based on Danish Register Data
Ulrich Kaiser, Johan Moritz Kuhn
published as 'Spin doctors vs the spawn of capitalism: Who founds university and corporate startups?' in: Research Policy, 2021, 50 (10), 104347 (with Alex Coad)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12190
Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Innovation in the U.S. High-Tech Sector
J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Mee Jung Kim, Kyung Min Lee
published in: I. Ganguli, S. Kahn, M.MacGarvie (eds.), The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in US Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship,Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020, 149-172.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12189
Transitioning from Solo Self-Employed to Microbusiness Employer: Local Economic Environment or Owner Characteristics?
Andrew Henley
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12147
Motherhood, Migration, and Self-Employment of College Graduates
Zhengyu Cai, Heather M. Stephens, John V. Winters
published in: Small Business Economics, 2019, 53 (3), 611-629
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