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80 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12690
Catching up or Lagging Behind? The Long-Term Business and Innovation Potential of Subsidized Start-Ups out of Unemployment
Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn, Martin Weissenberger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12607
Entrepreneurial Persistence beyond Survival: Measurement and Determinants
Marco Caliendo, Maximilian Goethner, Martin Weißenberger
forthcoming in: Journal of Small Business Management
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12499
Entrepreneurship over the Business Cycle in the United States: A Decomposition
Frank M. Fossen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12325
The Impact of Soft-Skills Training for Entrepreneurs in Jamaica
Diego Ubfal, Irani Arraiz, Diether Beuermann, Michael Frese, Alessandro Maffioli, Daniel Verch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12189
Transitioning from Solo Self-Employed to Microbusiness Employer: Local Economic Environment or Owner Characteristics?
Andrew Henley
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11650
Skills, Scope, and Success: An Empirical Look at the Start-up Process in Creative Industries in Germany
Karsten Kohn, Solvejg A. Wewel
forthcoming in: Creativity and Innovation Management
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11195
Cities and Entrepreneurs over Time: Like a Horse and Carriage?
Wim Naudé
A revised version is forthcoming as a chapter in Dastbaz,M., Naudé, W. and Manoochehri, J. eds. (2018). Smart Futures, Challenges of Urbanisation, and Social Sustainability. Springer.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11155
How Does Firm Survival Differ between Business Takeovers and New Venture Start-ups?
Guoqian Xi, Jörn Block, Frank Lasch, Frank Robert, Roy Thurik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9984
Gendered Entrepreneurship Networks
Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
revised version published as 'The Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship - The Role of Peer Effects' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 134, 356-373
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9919
Entrepreneurial Choices of Initial Human Capital Endowments and New Venture Success
Vera Rocha, Mirjam C. van Praag, Timothy B. Folta, Anabela Carneiro
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9817
Is European Entrepreneurship in Crisis?
Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9806
Size of Training Firms: The Role of Firms, Luck, and Ability in Young Workers' Careers
Steffen Müller, Renate Neubäumer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9744
The Entrepreneurship Beveridge Curve
Thomas Gries, Stefan Jungblut, Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9521
Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers
Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9242
The Power of (Non) Positive Thinking: Self-Employed Pessimists Earn More than Optimists
Christopher Dawson, David Emmanuel de Meza, Andrew Henley, Reza Arabsheibani
published as 'Curb your enthusiasm: Optimistic entrepreneurs earn less' in: European Economic Review, 2019, 111, 53 - 69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9232
The Post Crisis Growth in the Self-Employed: Volunteers or Reluctant Recruits?
Andrew Henley
published in: Regional Studies, 2017, 51, 1312 - 1323
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8981
The Rise of Female Entrepreneurs: New Evidence on Gender Differences in Liquidity Constraints
Robert M. Sauer, Tanya Wilson
published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 86, 73-86
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8577
Risk, Uncertainty and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment
Martin Koudstaal, Randolph Sloof, Mirjam C. van Praag
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
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