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. 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. 16892

Country Statistical Capacity: A Recent Assessment Tool and Further Reflections on the Way Forward

Hai-Anh H Dang, Dean Jolliffe, Umar Serajuddin, Brian Stacy

published in: Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 2024, 40 (2), 211–225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16849

Labour Market Disadvantages of Citizens with a Migration Background in Belgium: A Systematic Review

Louise Devos, Louis Lippens, Dries Lens, François Rycx, Mélanie Volral, Stijn Baert

revised version published in:

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16781

The Potential of Recommender Systems for Directing Job Search: A Large-Scale Experiment

Luc Behaghel, Sofia Dromundo, Marc Gurgand, Yagan Hazard, Thomas Zuber

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16758

Computer Science for All? The Impact of High School Computer Science Courses on College Majors and Earnings

Jing Liu, Cameron Conrad, David Blazar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16745

Reviewing Assessment Tools for Measuring Country Statistical Capacity

Hai-Anh H Dang, John Pullinger, Umar Serajuddin, Brian Stacy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16689

Female Classmates, Disruption, and STEM Outcomes in Disadvantaged Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment

Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Yi Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16635

Gender Differences in Teacher Judgement of Comparative Advantage

Judith M. Delaney, Paul J. Devereux

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16613

Gender Pay Gaps across STEM Fields of Study

Tomasz Zają c, Iga Magda, M. Boż ykowski, Agnieszka Chł oń -Domiń czak, M. Jasiń ski

published in: Studies in Higher Education, 2025, 50 (1), 126-139

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. 16596

The Long-Term Impact of Parental Migration on the Health of Young Left-behind Children

Jinkai Li, Erga Luo, Bart Cockx

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16584

Gender Differences in High School Choices: Do Math and Language Skills Play a Role?

Dalit Contini, Maria Laura Di Tommaso, Anna Maccagnan, Silvia Mendolia

published in BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 2025

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. 16478

Navigating Ambiguity: Imprecise Probabilities and the Updating of Disease Risk Beliefs

Jason Kerwin, Divya Pandey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16252

Improving School Management in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Gautam Anand, Aishwarya Atluri, Lee Crawfurd, Todd Pugatch, Ketki Sheth

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 97, 102464

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16201

COVID-19 and Entrepreneurship

Alina Sorgner

published in: Zimmermann, K.F. (ed.) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham., 2023.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16127

The Worth of Cities in Germany

Katja Gehr, Michael P. Pflüger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16117

Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages

Eric A. Hanushek, Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf Van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, Simon Wiederhold

this paper is an updated version of IZA DP No. 14854 (2021).