IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'The impact of COVID-19 on small business owners: Evidence from the first three months after widespread social-distancing restrictions' in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2020, 29 (4), 727-740

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13187

The Perceived Well-Being and Health Costs of Exiting Self-Employment

Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev, Olga Popova

published in: Small Business Economics, 2021, 57(4), 1819-1836

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13180

2D:4D and Self-Employment Using SOEP Data: A Replication Study

Frank M. Fossen, Levent Neyse, Magnus Johannesson, Anna Dreber Almenberg

revised version published in: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2022, 46 (1), 21-43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12943

Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries

Seema Jayachandran

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12933

Short- vs Long-Term Intergenerational Correlations of Employment and Self-Employment in Europe

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

published as 'Intergenerational correlation of self-employment in Western Europe' in: Economic Modelling, 2022, 108, 105741

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. 12643

Career or Flexible Work Arrangements? Gender Differences in Self-Employment in a Young Market Economy

Dominik Buttler, Eva Sierminska

published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2020, 41, 70 - 95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12624

Self-Employment and Migration

Samuele Giambra, David McKenzie

published in: World Development, 2022, 141, 105362

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12572

Learning Management through Matching: A Field Experiment Using Mechanism Design

Girum Abebe, Marcel Fafchamps, Michael Koelle, Simon Quinn

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. 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. 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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11857

Entry Barriers and the Labor Market Outcomes of Incumbent Workers: Evidence from a Deregulation Reform in the German Crafts Sector

Philipp Lergetporer, Jens Ruhose, Lisa Simon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11663

The Role of Self-Employment in Ireland's Older Workforce

Anne Nolan, Alan Barrett

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2019, 14, 100201

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11305

The Effect of Self-Employment on Health: Evidence from Longitudinal Social Security Data

Judite Goncalves, Pedro S. Martins

published in: Small Business Economics, 2021, 57(3), 1527-1543

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11018

The Returns to Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Matched Person-Firm Data

Mirjam C. van Praag, Arvid Raknerud

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11007

Poverty and Material Deprivation among the Self-Employed in Europe: An Exploration of a Relatively Uncharted Landscape

Jeroen Horemans, Ive Marx

published in: W. Conen and E. Reuter (eds.), Research Handbook on Self-Employment and Public Policy, 2024, 80–98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10688

Self-Employment Differentials among Foreign-Born STEM and Non-STEM Workers

Zhengyu Cai, John V. Winters

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2017, 32 (4), 371-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10280

Does Crime Deter South Africans from Self-Employment?

Katharina Grabrucker, Michael Grimm

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (2), 413-435.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10100

Deconstructing Informality: A Response to Vulnerability or an Optimal Choice?

Lina Song, Simon Appleton, Zhe Liang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10046

The Impact of Micro-Credit on Employment: Evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan

Azhar Kahn, Twyeafur Rahman, Robert E. Wright

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9822

Labour Supply after Inheritances and the Role of Expectations

Karina Doorley, Nico Pestel

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 82(4), 843-863

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9805

Born Entrepreneur? Adolescents' Personality Characteristics and Self-Employment in Adulthood

Jutta Viinikainen, Guido Heineck, Petri Böckerman, Mirka Hintsanen, Olli Raitakari, Jaakko Pehkonen

published in: Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2017, 8, 9-12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9723

Earnings Premiums and Penalties for Self-Employment and Informal Employees around the World

T. H. Gindling, Nadwa Mossaad, David Newhouse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9692

The Effectiveness of Medical and Vocational Interventions for Reducing Sick Leave of Self-Employed Workers

Stijn Baert, Bas van der Klaauw, Gijsbert van Lomwel

revised version published in: Health Economics, 2018, 27 (3), e139 - e152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9634

A Wage-Efficiency Spatial Model for US Self-Employed Workers

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9628

Personality Traits and the Evaluation of Start-Up Subsidies

Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn, Martin Weißenberger

published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 86, 87-108

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9358

Entering and Leaving Self-Employment: A Panel Data Analysis for 12 Developing Countries

Yoon Y. Cho, David A. Robalino, Jose M. Romero

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9242

The Power of (Non) Positive Thinking: Self-Employed Pessimists Earn More than Optimists

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

published as 'Curb your enthusiasm: Optimistic entrepreneurs earn less' in: European Economic Review, 2019, 111, 53 - 69

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9232

The Post Crisis Growth in the Self-Employed: Volunteers or Reluctant Recruits?

Andrew Henley

published in: Regional Studies, 2017, 51, 1312 - 1323

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9008

Is Self-employment a Way to Escape from Skill Mismatches?

Judit Albiol Sanchez, Luis Diaz-Serrano, Graciela Teruel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8818

Why Did Self-Employment Increase so Strongly in Germany?

Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos, Alina Sorgner

published in: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2015, 67 (2), 307-333

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8816

Public Health Insurance and Entry into Self-Employment

Frank M. Fossen, Johannes König

revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2017, 49 (3), 647-669

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8651

Do Entrepreneurs Really Earn Less?

Alina Sorgner, Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos

revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2017, 49 (2), 251–272

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8486

Female Self-Employment and Children: The Case of Sweden

Pernilla Andersson Joona

revised version published as 'Are mothers of young children more likely to be self-employed? The case of Sweden' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 15, 307 - 333

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8435

Happiness and Work

Annabelle Krause-Pilatus

published in: James D. Wright (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., 2015, Vol. 10, Elsevier, Oxord, 515-520

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8367

Behind the GATE Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training

Robert W. Fairlie, Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015, 7 (2), 125 - 161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8354

New Evidence on the Relationship between Risk Attitudes and Self-Employment

Olga Skriabikova, Thomas Dohmen, Ben Kriechel

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 176-184

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8354

New Evidence on the Relationship between Risk Attitudes and Self-Employment

Olga Skriabikova, Thomas Dohmen, Ben Kriechel

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 176-184

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8273

By Choice and by Necessity: Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in the Developing World

David N. Margolis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7976

A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship from Swiss Census Data

Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco

substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2016, 21 (2), 189-224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7852

Business Cycles, Unemployment and Entrepreneurial Entry: Evidence from Germany

Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos, Katharina Pijnenburg

published in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2015, 11(2), 267-286

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7669

Immigration and Entrepreneurship

Robert W. Fairlie, Magnus Lofstrom

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7546

Older Workers and Working Time

David N.F. Bell, Alasdair C. Rutherford

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2013, 1-2, 28-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7460

Regional Effect Heterogeneity of Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed

Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn

published in: Regional Studies, 2014, 48 (6), 1108-1134

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7298

The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment

Aaron K. Chatterji, Kenneth Y. Chay, Robert W. Fairlie

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (3), 507-561

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7282

What Happens to the Careers of European Workers When Immigrants "Take Their Jobs"?

Cristina Cattaneo, Carlo V. Fiorio, Giovanni Peri

revised version published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2013, 2:17

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7270

Entrepreneurship of the Left-Behind

Corrado Giulietti, Jackline Wahba, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2013, 37, 65-92

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7191

Self-Employment in China: Are Rural Migrant Workers and Urban Residents Alike?

Yuling Cui, Daehoon Nahm, Massimiliano Tani

published in: Australian Economic Review, 2015, 48 (4), 382-399

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. 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. 7057

Heterogeneity in Subjective Wellbeing: An Application to Occupational Allocation in Africa

Paolo Falco, William F. Maloney, Bob Rijkers, Mauricio Sarrias

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6896

Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 106: 199-210

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. 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. 6604

The Formal Sector Wage Premium and Firm Size for Self-employed Workers

Olivier B. Bargain, Eliane El Badaoui, Prudence Magejo, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh

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. 6406

Self-Employment, Wage Employment and Informality in a Developing Economy

John Bennett, Matthew D. Rablen

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2015, 67 (2), 227-244

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. 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. 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. 6062

Testing the 'Residential Rootedness'-Hypothesis of Self-Employment for Germany and the UK

Darja Reuschke, Maarten van Ham

published in: Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2013, 45 (5), 1219-1239

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