Wim Naudé

Research Fellow

RWTH Aachen University

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I am Professor of the Economics of Innovation, Trade and Development at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and head of its research section ITD - Innovation, Trade and Development. I am also a Adjunct Professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal; and a Fellow of the ASC, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.

My research and teaching is focused on the economics of technological innovation, trade and planetary habitability.

I joined IZA as a Research Fellow in January 2013.

I have authored 62 IZA Discussion Papers, with 441,354 total downloads by September 2025.

IZA personal ranking position: 22 among a total of 13,669 IZA DP authors.

New books:

-The Economic Decline of the West: Guns, Oil and Oligarchs (2025). Palgrave Macmillan. Available here.
-Economic Growth and Societal Collapse: Beyond Green Growth and Degrowth Fairy Tales (2023). Palgrave Macmillan. Available here.
-Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives and Models (2024). Cambridge University Press. Available here.
-Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Conflict (2024). Edward Elgar Publishers. Available here.


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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9284
Migration, Entrepreneurship and Development: A Critical Review
Wim Naudé, Melissa Siegel, Katrin Marchand
published as 'Migration, entrepreneurship and development: critical questions' in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2017, 6, Article 5 (2017)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8564
Young Entrepreneurs in Rural Africa: Prevalence, Determinants, Productivity
Paula Nagler, Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8524
Labor Productivity in Rural African Enterprises: Empirical Evidence from the LSMS-ISA
Paula Nagler, Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8295
Non-Farm Enterprise Productivity and Spatial Autocorrelation in Rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria
Nkechi S. Owoo, Wim Naudé
published as 'Spatial proximity and firm performance: evidence from non-farm rural enterprises in Ethiopia and Nigeria' in: Regional Studies, 2016, 51 (5), 688–700
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8008
Non-Farm Entrepreneurship in Rural Africa: Patterns and Determinants
Paula Nagler, Wim Naudé
published as 'Non-farm entrepreneurship in rural sub-Saharan Africa: New empirical evidence' in: Food Policy, 2017, 67, 175-191
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7889
Skill Variety, Innovation and New Business Formation
Jolanda Hessels, Udo Brixy, Wim Naudé, Thomas Gries
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7795
Public-Private Entanglement: Entrepreneurship in a Hybrid Political Order, the Case of Lebanon
Nora Stel, Wim Naudé
published as 'Public–Private Entanglement’: Entrepreneurship in Lebanon’s Hybrid Political Order' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52 (2), 254–268
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7547
'Romanticizing Penniless Entrepreneurs?' The Relationship between Start-Ups and Human Wellbeing across Countries
Wim Naudé, José Ernesto Amorós, Oscar Cristi
published as 'Should We Romanticize Penniless Entrepreneurs?: Startups and Human Wellbeing across Countries' in: Academy of Management Proceedings, 2012, 1, 15914
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7543
Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Wim Naudé, Adam Szirmai, Alejandro Lavopa
published as 'Industrialisation and Technological Change in the BRICS: The Role of Foreign and Domestic Investment' in: W. Naudé, A. Szirmai, and N. Haraguch (eds.), Structural Change and Industrial Development in the BRICS, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7507
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy
Wim Naudé
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