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98 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5497
Occupational Choice, Aggregate Productivity, and Trade
Jürgen Meckl, Benjamin Weigert
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2013, 17 (3), 549-558
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5207
Occupational Choice of Return Migrants in Moldova
Daniela Borodak, Matloob Piracha
published in: Eastern European Economics, 2011, 49 (4), 24-46
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5202
Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology
Markus Poschke
superseded by DP 7991.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4630
Produce or Speculate? Asset Bubbles, Occupational Choice and Efficiency
Pierre Cahuc, Edouard Challe
published in: International Economic Review, 2012, 53 (4), 1005-1035.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4468
Endogenous Indoctrination: Occupational Choice, the Evolution of Beliefs, and the Political Economy of Reform
Gilles Saint-Paul
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (544), 325 - 353
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4437
The Inter-Related Dynamics of Dual Job Holding, Human Capital and Occupational Choice
Georgios A. Panos, Konstantinos Pouliakas, Alexandros Zangelidis
published as 'Multiple jobholding, Skill diversification and Mobility' in: Industrial Relations, 2014, 53 (2), 223-272
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4290
Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States
David Autor, David Dorn
see IZA DP No. 7068 for a substantially updated version
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4245
Who Values the Status of the Entrepreneur?
Mirjam C. van Praag
published in: Handbook of Research on Innovation And Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Publishers, 2011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4211
Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Robin Douhan, Mirjam C. van Praag
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4193
Antagonistic Managers, Careless Workers and Extraverted Salespeople: An Examination of Personality in Occupational Choice
Roger Ham, Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar, Robert Wells
published in: Applied Economics, 2016, 48 (7), 636-651
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4105
Occupational Choice: Personality Matters
Roger Ham, Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar, Robert Wells
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3974
Why Do Individuals Choose Self-Employment?
Christopher Dawson, Andrew Henley, Paul L. Latreille
published as 'Individual Motives for Choosing Self-employment in the UK: Does Region Matter?' in: Regional Studies, 2014, 48(5), 804-822
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3969
Switching Costs and Occupational Transition into Self-Employment
Andrew Henley
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3922
Return Migration and Occupational Choice
Matloob Piracha, Florin Vadean
published in: World Development, 2010, 38(8), 1141-1155
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3916
Comparative Advantage, Segmentation and Informal Earnings: A Marginal Treatment Effects Approach
Omar Arias, Melanie Khamis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3816
Who Becomes an Entrepreneur? Labor Market Prospects and Occupational Choice
Markus Poschke
published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37 (3), 693-710
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3327
The Stairways to Heaven: A Model of Career Choice in Sports and Games, with an Application to Chess
Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello, Roki Iwahashi, Lorenzo Rocco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3217
Immigrant Networks and Their Implications for Occupational Choice and Wages
Krishna Patel, Francis Vella
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (4), 1249–1277.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2949
Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism
Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio Zilibotti
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (2), 747-793
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2859
Imperfect Transmission of Tacit Knowledge and Other Barriers to Entrepreneurship
Vesa Kanniainen, Panu Poutvaara
published in: Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, 2007, 28 (4), 675-694
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