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184 IZA Discussion Papers
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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