IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2992

A Study of Academic Entrepreneurs Using Venture Capital Data

Junfu Zhang

published under the title 'Why Do Some U.S. Universities Generate More Venture-Backed Academic Entrepreneurs than Others?' in: Venture Capital, 2009, 11(2), 133-162

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2964

The Advantage of Experienced Start-Up Founders in Venture Capital Acquisition: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs

Junfu Zhang

published in: Small Business Economics, 2011, 36(2), 187-208

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. 2687

Is Entrepreneurial Success Predictable? An Ex-Ante Analysis of the Character-Based Approach

Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Kyklos, 2008, 61(2), 189-214

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. 2475

Entrepreneurship and the Process of Firms’ Entry, Survival and Growth

Enrico Santarelli, Marco Vivarelli

published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2007, 16(3), 455-488

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2382

The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start

Simon C. Parker, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2011, 27 (1), 31-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2264

The Jack-of-All-Trades Entrepreneur: Innate Talent or Acquired Skill?

Olmo Silva

published in: Economics Letters, 2007, 97 (2), 118-123

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2168

Risk Attitudes of Nascent Entrepreneurs: New Evidence from an Experimentally-Validated Survey

Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos

revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 32 (2), 153-167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2161

Institutions, Networks and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: An Exploration

Ruta Aidis, Saul Estrin

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2008, 23 (6), 656-672

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1712

Entrepreneurship Among Married Couples in the United States: A Simultaneous Probit Approach

Simon C. Parker

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (3), 515-537

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1440

The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany: Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?

Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Small Business Economics, 2006, 26 (3), 279-300

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1386

Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle: Migrants Versus Natives

Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann

substantially revised version published as 'Self-employment against employment or unemployment: Markov transitions across the business cycle' in: Eurasian Business Review, 2014, 4 (1), 51-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1343

What Makes Small Firms Grow? Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, and the Business Environment in Romania

J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Dana Lup

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 54 (1), 33-70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1234

Immigrant versus Native Businesswomen: Proclivity and Performance

Amelie F. Constant

substantially revised version published in: Kyklos, 2006, 59 (4), 465-480

IZA Discussion Paper No. 940

What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does It Pay? Native Men, Turks, and Other Migrants in Germany

Amelie F. Constant, Yochanan Shachmurove, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Migration, 2007, 45 (4), 69-98