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565 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17075
The African Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index: Conceptual, Methodological and Empirical Flaws and the Way Forward
Wim Naudé
published online in: Journal of Technology Transfer, 25 April 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17055
Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship
Frank M. Fossen, Trevor McLemore, Alina Sorgner
published in: Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2024, 20 (8), 781-904
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17031
Do Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament
André Diegmann, Laura Pohlan, Andrea Weber
find an updated version of the paper here
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16950
What Works in Supporting Women-Led Businesses?
Diego Ubfal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16930
Long-Term Effects of Shocks on New Opportunity and Necessity Entrepreneurship
Emilio Congregado, Frank M. Fossen, Nicola Rubino, David Troncoso
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16916
Is the Scholarly Field of Entrepreneurship at Its End?
Wim Naudé
published as 'Business and entrepreneurship is declining as scholarly field: Empirical evidence' in: PLOS ONE, 2025, 20 (5), e0323297
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16893
Mafias and Firms
Jaime Arellano-Bover, Marco De Simoni, Luigi Guiso, Rocco Macchiavello, Domenico J. Marchetti, Mounu Prem
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16705
The Role of Trainee Selection in the Effectiveness of Vocational Training: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Nepal
Shyamal Chowdhury, Syed Hasan, Uttam Sharma
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16683
Income Taxation and Hours Worked in Different Types of Entrepreneurship
Ege Can, Frank M. Fossen
revised version forthcoming in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16679
Access to Digital Finance: Equity Crowdfunding across Countries and Platforms
Saul Estrin, Susanna Khavul, Alexander S. Kritikos, Jonas Löher
published in: PLoS ONE, 2024, 19 (1), e0293292.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16606
System Relevance and Firm Performance Due to COVID-19
Michael Johannes Böhm, Pamela Qendrai
published in: German Economic Review, 2023, 24 (4), 349-410
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16593
Using Domain-Specific Word Embeddings to Examine the Demand for Skills
Sugat Chaturvedi, Kanika Mahajan, Zahra Siddique
published in: B. Elsner and S. W. Polachek (eds.), Big Data Applications in Labor Economics (Research in Labor Economics Vol. 52B), Emerald, 2024, 171-223
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16563
The Role of Regulation and Regional Government Quality for High Growth Firms: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Sara Amoroso, Benedikt Herrmann, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: Regional Studies, 2024, 58 (9), 1710–1727
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16534
Are Senior Entrepreneurs Happier than Who? The Role of Income and Health
Michael Fritsch, Alina Sorgner, Michael Wyrwich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16491
Job Creation and Job Destruction in Turkey: 2006 - 2021
Sinem H. Ayhan, Hartmut Lehmann, Selin Pelek
published as 'Job Creation and Job Destruction in Turkey' in: Eurasian Economic Review, 2025, 15, 741 - 773.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16487
Bottom-up Policies Trump Top-down Missions
Magnus Henrekson, Mikael Stenkula
published in: Magnus Henrekson, Christian Sandström, and Mikael Stenkula (eds.), Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy, Cham: Springer, 2024, 309–331
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16483
Destructive Digital Entrepreneurship
Wim Naudé
published in: W. Naudé and B. Power (eds.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Conflict, Elgar, 2024, 292–328
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16456
Social Skills and the Individual Wage Growth of Less Educated Workers
Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud, Richard Blundell, Rachel Griffith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16443
Divergent Thinking and Post-Launch Entrepreneurial Outcomes: Non-Linearities and the Moderating Role of Experience
Marco Caliendo, Daniel Rodriguez
published in: Small Business Economics, 2024, 62, 1523-1553
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16412
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Racial Inequality in Business Earnings
Robert W. Fairlie
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2024, 43 (1), 258 - 288
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