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184 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3147
The Employees of Native and Immigrant Self-Employed
Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2009, 29, 229 - 250
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3146
Social Determinants of Labor Market Status of Ethnic Minorities in Britain
Martin Kahanec, Mariapia Mendola
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2009, 29, 167-195
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. 2979
Social Security Coverage and the Labor Market in Developing Countries
Paula Auerbach, Maria Eugenia Genoni, Carmen Pagés
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2934
Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (4), 1329-1372
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2902
Jump-Starting Self-Employment? Evidence among Welfare Participants in Argentina
Rita K. Almeida, Emanuela Galasso
published as 'Jump-starting Self-employment? Evidence for Welfare Participants in Argentina' in: World Development, 2010, 38 (5), 742-755
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2866
Tax Incentives as a Solution to the Uninsured: Evidence from the Self-Employed
Gulcin Gumus, Tracy L. Regan
revised version published in: Inquiry, 2013, 50 (4), 275-295.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2818
Entrepreneurship in the UK
David G. Blanchflower, Chris Shadforth
published in: Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2007, 3 (4), 257–364
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. 2660
Turning Unemployment into Self-Employment: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Start-Up Programmes
Hans J. Baumgartner, Marco Caliendo
revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 70(3), 347-373
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. 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. 2402
Do the Unemployed Become Successful Entrepreneurs? A Comparison between the Unemployed, Inactive and Wage-Earners
Pernilla Andersson Joona, Eskil Wadensjö
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (7), 604-626
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2307
What Makes a Die-Hard Entrepreneur? Beyond the ‘Employee or Entrepreneur’ Dichotomy
Andrew Burke, Felix FitzRoy, Michael A. Nolan
published in: Small Business Economics 2008, 31, 93 - 115
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