Discussion Papers

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2382

The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start

Simon C. Parker, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2011, 27 (1), 31-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2264

The Jack-of-All-Trades Entrepreneur: Innate Talent or Acquired Skill?

Olmo Silva

published in: Economics Letters, 2007, 97 (2), 118-123

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2201

Liquidity Constraints, Household Wealth, and Entrepreneurship Revisited

Robert W. Fairlie, Harry A. Krashinsky

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (2), 279-306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2168

Risk Attitudes of Nascent Entrepreneurs: New Evidence from an Experimentally-Validated Survey

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

revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 32 (2), 153-167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2164

Income Taxes and Entrepreneurial Choice: Empirical Evidence from Germany

Frank M. Fossen, Viktor Steiner

revised version published in: Empirical Economics, 2009, 36 (3), 487-513

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2161

Institutions, Networks and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: An Exploration

Ruta Aidis, Saul Estrin

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2008, 23 (6), 656-672

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2101

Hispanic Self-Employment: A Dynamic Analysis of Business Ownership

Magnus Lofstrom, Chunbei Wang

substantially revised version published as 'Mexican- American Self-Employment : A Dynamic Analysis of Business Ownership' in: Research in Labor Economics, 2009, 29, 197 - 227

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2071

A Selection-Based Theory of the Transition from Employment to Entrepreneurship: The Role of Employer Size

Simon C. Parker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2039

Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States

Robert W. Fairlie, Christopher Woodruff

published in: G. Borjas (ed.), Mexican Immigration in the United States, NBER-C, 2007, 123-158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1910

Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-employment Proclivity: A Bi-national Study of Immigrants

Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1756

Distribution of Natural Resources, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development: Growth Dynamics with Two Elites

Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann

published as 'Oligarchic Land Ownership, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101 (1), 206-215.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1712

Entrepreneurship Among Married Couples in the United States: A Simultaneous Probit Approach

Simon C. Parker

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (3), 515-537

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1608

"Der Noth gehorchend, nicht dem eignen Trieb" – Nascent Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs in Germany: Evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)

Joachim Wagner

published in: RWI-Mitteilungen, 2003/2004, 54/55 (3-4), 287-303

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1608

"Der Noth gehorchend, nicht dem eignen Trieb" – Nascent Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs in Germany: Evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)

Joachim Wagner

published in: RWI-Mitteilungen, 2003/2004, 54/55 (3-4), 287-303

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1440

The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany: Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?

Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Small Business Economics, 2006, 26 (3), 279-300

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1394

Nascent Entrepreneurs in German Regions: Evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)

Ingo Lückgen, Dirk Oberschachtsiek, Rolf Sternberg, Joachim Wagner

published in: M. Fritsch and J. Schmude (eds.), Entrepreneurship in the Region, Berlin: Springer 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1386

Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle: Migrants Versus Natives

Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann

substantially revised version published as 'Self-employment against employment or unemployment: Markov transitions across the business cycle' in: Eurasian Business Review, 2014, 4 (1), 51-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1343

What Makes Small Firms Grow? Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, and the Business Environment in Romania

J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Dana Lup

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 54 (1), 33-70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1234

Immigrant versus Native Businesswomen: Proclivity and Performance

Amelie F. Constant

substantially revised version published in: Kyklos, 2006, 59 (4), 465-480

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1134

What a Difference a Y Makes: Female and Male Nascent Entrepreneurs in Germany

Joachim Wagner

published in: Small Business Economics, 2007, 28 (1), 1-21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 989

Are Young and Small Firms Hothouses for Nascent Entrepreneurs? Evidence from German Micro Data

Joachim Wagner

published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2004, 50 (4), 379-391

IZA Discussion Paper No. 940

What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does It Pay? Native Men, Turks, and Other Migrants in Germany

Amelie F. Constant, Yochanan Shachmurove, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Migration, 2007, 45 (4), 69-98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 911

Are Nascent Entrepreneurs Jacks-of-All-Trades? A Test of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data

Joachim Wagner

published in: Applied Economics, 2006, 38 (20), 2415-2419

IZA Discussion Paper No. 879

Entrepreneurial Ventures and Wage Differentials Between Germans and Immigrants

Amelie F. Constant, Yochanan Shachmurove

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2006, 27 (3), 208-229

IZA Discussion Paper No. 760

Entrepreneurship

Edward Lazear

IZA Discussion Paper No. 592

Testing Lazear’s Jack-of-All-Trades View of Entrepreneurship with German Micro Data

Joachim Wagner

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2003, 10 (11), 687-689

IZA Discussion Paper No. 494

The Role of the Regional Milieu for the Decision to Start a New Firm: Empirical Evidence for Germany

Joachim Wagner, Rolf Sternberg

published in: Annals of Regional Science, 2004, 38 (2), 219-240

IZA Discussion Paper No. 468

The Impact of Risk Aversion, Role Models, and the Regional Milieu on the Transition from Unemployment to Self-Employment: Empirical Evidence for Germany

Joachim Wagner

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2003, 223 (2), 204-221

IZA Discussion Paper No. 417

Taking a Second Chance: Entrepreneurial Restarters in Germany

Joachim Wagner

published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (3), 255-272

IZA Discussion Paper No. 79

Entrepreneurship from Scratch: Lessons on the Entry Decision into Self-Employment from Transition Economies

John S. Earle, Zuzana Sakova