IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6435

What Explains the Gender Earnings Gap in Self-Employment? A Decomposition Analysis with German Data

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. 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. 6288

Financing Entrepreneurship and the Old-Boy Network

Eren Inci, Simon C. Parker

published in: Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2013, 22 (2), 232-258

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6238

Immigration Policy and Entrepreneurship

Stephane Mahuteau, Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani, Matias Vaira-Lucero

published in: International Migration, 2014, 52(2), 53 - 65

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6200

Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship

Chihmao Hsieh, Simon C. Parker, Mirjam C. van Praag

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6193

Credit Constraints and Productive Entrepreneurship in Africa

Mina Baliamoune-Lutz, Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Leonce Ndikumana

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. 6157

Are the Self-Employed Really Jacks-of-All-Trades? Testing the Assumptions and Implications of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data

Daniel S. J. Lechmann, Claus Schnabel

published in: Small Business Economics, 2014, 42 (1), 59-76

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. 5988

Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent

Albert N. Link, Christopher J. Ruhm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5917

Access to Justice and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil's Special Civil Tribunals

Guilherme Lichand, Rodrigo R. Soares

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57 (2), 459-499

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5790

Searching for the Entrepreneurial Personality: New Evidence and Avenues for Further Research

Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33 (2), 319-324

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5770