IZA Discussion Papers

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. 7108

Parenting with Style: Altruism and Paternalism in Intergenerational Preference Transmission

Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio Zilibotti

published in: Econometrica, 2017, 85 (5), 1331-1371

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. 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. 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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6740

Why Do Entrepreneurial Parents Have Entrepreneurial Children?

Matthew J. Lindquist, Joeri Sol, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 32 (2), 269–296

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. 6677

How Immigration May Affect U.S. Native Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Building Blocks and Preliminary Results

Harriet Duleep, David A. Jaeger, Mark Regets

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6609

Management of Knowledge Workers

Hans K. Hvide, Eirik Gaard Kristiansen

published in: Journal of Law & Economics, 2012, 55 (4), 815-838

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6594

Monitoring Costs, Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship

Sanjay Banerji, Rajesh S.N. Raj, Kunal Sen

published in: Manchester School, 2016, 84 (5), 573 - 599

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6513

Entrepreneurship in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Microeconomic Perspective

Marco Vivarelli

published as 'Is entrepreneurship necessarily good? Microeconomic evidence from developed and developing countries' in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2013, 22, 1453-1495

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6512

The Effect of Early Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Laura Rosendahl Huber, Randolph Sloof, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 72, 76-97

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6512

The Effect of Early Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Laura Rosendahl Huber, Randolph Sloof, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 72, 76-97

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6442

The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5 (2), 122-50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6435

What Explains the Gender Earnings Gap in Self-Employment? A Decomposition Analysis with German Data

Daniel S. J. Lechmann, Claus Schnabel

published as 'Why is there a gender earnings gap in self-employment? A decomposition analysis with German data' in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1 (6)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6326

Who Starts a Business and Who is Self-Employed in Germany

Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos, Alina Rusakova

published in: DIW-Economic Bulletin, 2012, 3, 17-26.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6288

Financing Entrepreneurship and the Old-Boy Network

Eren Inci, Simon C. Parker

published in: Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2013, 22 (2), 232-258

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6238

Immigration Policy and Entrepreneurship

Stephane Mahuteau, Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani, Matias Vaira-Lucero

published in: International Migration, 2014, 52(2), 53 - 65

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6200

Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6193

Credit Constraints and Productive Entrepreneurship in Africa

Mina Baliamoune-Lutz, Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Leonce Ndikumana

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6166

It's the Opportunity Cost, Stupid! How Self-Employment Responds to Financial Incentives of Return, Risk and Skew

Peter Berkhout, Joop Hartog, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 40 (2), 249-268

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6157

Are the Self-Employed Really Jacks-of-All-Trades? Testing the Assumptions and Implications of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data

Daniel S. J. Lechmann, Claus Schnabel

published in: Small Business Economics, 2014, 42 (1), 59-76

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6114

The Implications of Cultural Background on Labour Market Choices: The Case of Religion and Entrepreneurship

Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco

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. 5988

Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent

Albert N. Link, Christopher J. Ruhm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5917

Access to Justice and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil's Special Civil Tribunals

Guilherme Lichand, Rodrigo R. Soares

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57 (2), 459-499

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. 5770

For Benevolence and for Self-Interest: Social and Commercial Entrepreneurial Activity across Nations

Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Ute Stephan

published in: Entrepreneurship and Practice, 2013, 37 (3), 479-504

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5726

High-Technology Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley

Robert W. Fairlie, Aaron K. Chatterji

published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2013, 22 (2), 365-389

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5725

Entrepreneurship, Economic Conditions, and the Great Recession

Robert W. Fairlie

published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2013, 22 (2), 207-231

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5481

Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs to Create Larger Firms?

Saul Estrin, Julia Korosteleva, Tomasz Mickiewicz

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2013, 28 (4), 564–580

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5481

Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs to Create Larger Firms?

Saul Estrin, Julia Korosteleva, Tomasz Mickiewicz

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2013, 28 (4), 564–580

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5459

Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence from the Introduction of a "Fresh Start"

Frank M. Fossen

revised version published in: American Law and Economics Review, 2014, 16 (1), 269-312

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5373

Creative Unemployment

Knut Røed, Jens Fredrik Skogstrøm

revised version published as 'Job loss and Entrepreneurship' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 76 (5), 727-744

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5370

Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity: Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?

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

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33 (2), 394-409

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5212

Why Have Lending Programs Targeting Disadvantaged Small-Business Borrowers Achieved So Little Success in the United States?

Timothy Bates, Magnus Lofstrom, Lisa Servon

published in: Economic Development Quarterly, 2011, 25 (3), 255 - 266

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5203

Is Employer-Based Health Insurance a Barrier to Entrepreneurship?

Robert W. Fairlie, Kanika Kapur, Susan Gates

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (1), 146-162

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5202

Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology

Markus Poschke

superseded by DP 7991.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5053

Shadow Economy and Entrepreneurial Entry

Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2012, 16 (4), 559-578

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5052

Size Matters: Entrepreneurial Entry and Government

Ruta Aidis, Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz

published in: Small Business Economics, 2012, 39 (1), 119-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5024

School Competition and Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions: International Evidence Using Historical Catholic Roots of Private Schooling

Oliver Falck, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40 (2), 459-478

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4976

The Self-Employment of Immigrants and Natives in Sweden

Henrik Ohlsson, Per Broomé, Pieter Bevelander

published in: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2012, 24 (5-6), 405-423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4893

"Entrepreneurs out of Necessity": A Snapshot

Markus Poschke

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20 (7), 658-663

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4805

Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies: The Role of Institutions and Generational Change

Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz

published in: Maria Minniti (ed.) 2011, The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data, Oxford, pp.181-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4778

What's the Difference?! Gender, Personality, and the Propensity to Start a Business

Marina Furdas, Karsten Kohn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4745

Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa

Jennifer Hunt

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (3), 417-457

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4661

"I Want to, But I Also Need to": Start-Ups Resulting from Opportunity and Necessity

Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Erik Lehmann and M. Keilbach, M. (eds.), From Industrial Organization to Entrepreneurship: A Tribute to David B. Audretsch, Springer, New York, 2019, 247-265

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4628

Returns for Entrepreneurs vs. Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vs. Wage Employees

Mirjam C. van Praag, Arjen van Witteloostuijn, Justin van der Sluis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4577

Do Institutions Have a Greater Effect on Female Entrepreneurs?

Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz

published as 'Institutions and female entrepreneurship' in: Small Business Economics, 2011, 37 (4), 397-415

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4560

Low-Skilled Immigrant Entrepreneurship

Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 25-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4541

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Migration, Entrepreneurship and Social Capital

Jackline Wahba, Yves Zenou

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42 (5), 890–903

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4539

Does Self-Employment Increase the Economic Well-Being of Low-Skilled Workers?

Magnus Lofstrom

published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40 (4), 933-952

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4396

Better Means More: Property Rights and High-Growth Aspiration Entrepreneurship

Saul Estrin, Julia Korosteleva, Tomasz Mickiewicz

substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 5481

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4396

Better Means More: Property Rights and High-Growth Aspiration Entrepreneurship

Saul Estrin, Julia Korosteleva, Tomasz Mickiewicz

substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 5481

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4292

Demand Side Analysis of Microlending Markets in Germany

Alexander S. Kritikos, Christoph Kneiding, Claas Christian Germelmann

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2009, 229 (5), 523-543

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4250

Entrepreneurship: Origins and Returns

Helge Berglann, Espen R. Moen, Knut Røed, Jens Fredrik Skogstrøm

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (2), 180-193

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. 4195

Intrapreneurship or Entrepreneurship?

Simon C. Parker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4178

Coming to America: Does Immigrant's Home Country Economic Status Impact the Probability of Self-Employment in the U.S.?

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Willie Belton

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102(3), 538-542

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4123

Entrepreneurial Entry: Which Institutions Matter?

Ruta Aidis, Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz

published in: Grzegorz Kolodko and Jacek Tomkiewicz (eds.), 20 Years of Transformation: Achievements, Problems and Perspectives, New York: Nova, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4093

The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Hysteresis, Business Cycles and Government Policy

Emilio Congregado, Antonio A. Golpe, Simon C. Parker

published in: Empirical Economics, 2012, 43, 1239 - 1261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4052

Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Business Data: An Introduction to Several Large, Nationally-Representative Datasets

Robert W. Fairlie, Alicia Robb

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3997

Latina Entrepreneurship

Magnus Lofstrom, Timothy Bates

published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 33 (4), 427-439

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. 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. 3758

Does Gender Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Shwetlena Sabarwal, Katherine Terrell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3718

Gender Differences in Business Performance: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey

Robert W. Fairlie, Alicia Robb

published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 33 (4), 375-395

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3644

Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed

Amelie F. Constant

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 145-162

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3641

The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Competencies and Intentions: An Evaluation of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company Program

Hessel Oosterbeek, Mirjam C. van Praag, Auke IJsselstein

published as "The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship skills and motivation" in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (3), 442-454

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3525

The Impact of Risk Attitudes on Entrepreneurial Survival

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

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2010, 76 (1), 45-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3511

Who Are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff

published in: Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar (eds.) International Differences in Entrepreneurship, NBER, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3488

Mexican-American Entrepreneurship

Robert W. Fairlie, Christopher Woodruff

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3250

The Persistence of Self-Employment Across Borders: New Evidence on Legal Immigrants to the United States

Randall K. Q. Akee, David A. Jaeger, Konstantinos Tatsiramos

published in: Economics Bulletin, 2013, 33(1), 126-137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3156

African Americans' Pursuit of Self-Employment

Magnus Lofstrom, Timothy Bates

published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40 (1), 73-86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3139

What Makes a Young Entrepreneur?

David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Andy Furlong (ed.), International Handbook on Youth and Young Adulthood, Routledge: 2009

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3130

Entrepreneurship in the United States

David G. Blanchflower

published in: Annals of Finance, 2009, 5 (3-4), 361-396

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3058

Why Are the Returns to Education Higher for Entrepreneurs than for Employees?

Justin van der Sluis, Mirjam C. van Praag, Arjen van Witteloostuijn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3014

What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research

Mirjam C. van Praag, Peter H. Versloot

published in: Small Business Economics, 2007, 29 (4), 351-382

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2874

Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Liquidity Constraints and Start-up Costs

Raquel Fonseca, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Thepthida Sopraseuth

published in: Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 2007, 28 (4), 637-674

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2813

Self-Employment and Parenthood: Exploring the Impact of Partners, Children and Gender

Ruta Aidis, Cécile Wetzels

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2792

Entrepreneurship and Survival Dynamics of Immigrants to the U.S. and their Descendants

Dimitris Georgarakos, Konstantinos Tatsiramos

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16(2), 161-170

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2687

Is Entrepreneurial Success Predictable? An Ex-Ante Analysis of the Character-Based Approach

Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Kyklos, 2008, 61(2), 189-214

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2571

Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States

David Autor, William Kerr, Adriana Kugler

published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (521), F189 - F217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2566

Determinants of Business Success: An Examination of Asian-Owned Businesses in the United States

Alicia Robb, Robert W. Fairlie

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (4), 827-858

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2561

Self-Employment: A Way to End Unemployment? Empirical Evidence from German Pseudo-Panel Data

Daniela Glocker, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2495

Changing Patterns of Ethnic Minority Self-Employment in Britain: Evidence from Census Microdata

Ken Clark, Stephen Drinkwater

revised version published as 'Patterns of Ethnic Self-Employment in Time and Space: Evidence from British Census Microdata' in: Small Business Economics, 2010, 34 (3), 323-338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2475

Entrepreneurship and the Process of Firms’ Entry, Survival and Growth

Enrico Santarelli, Marco Vivarelli

published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2007, 16(3), 455-488

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2473

On Defining and Measuring the Informal Sector

Andrew Henley, Reza Arabsheibani, Francisco G. Carneiro

published in: World Development, 2009, 37(5), 992-1003

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2422

Mexican-Hispanic Self-Employment Entry: The Role of Business Start-Up Constraints

Magnus Lofstrom, Chunbei Wang

published in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2007, 613 (1), 32-46