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The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising more than 17,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics.

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184 IZA Discussion Papers
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
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