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68 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17075
The African Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index: Conceptual, Methodological and Empirical Flaws and the Way Forward
Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17045
Lobbying for Industrialization: Theory and Evidence
Dmitry Veselov, Alexander Yarkin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17031
Do Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament
André Diegmann, Laura Pohlan, Andrea Weber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16761
Decentralizing Development: Evidence from Government Splits
Ricardo Dahis, Christiane Szerman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16723
Factor Shares, Redistribution and Growth in a Captured Democracy
Andrea Vindigni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16486
Alberto Alesina (1957-2020): Man, Researcher, Professor of Economics, Popularizer
Andrea Vindigni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16047
(De Facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Land Tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Ömer Özak
published in: Economics Letters, 2024, 243, 111921
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15598
The Political U: New Evidence on Democracy and Income
Nauro F. Campos, Fabrizio Coricelli, Marco Frigerio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14834
Institutional Integration and Productivity Growth: Evidence from the 1995 Enlargement of the European Union
Nauro F. Campos, Fabrizio Coricelli, Emanuele Franceschi
forthcoming in: European Economic Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13736
Borderline Disorder: (De Facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Contemporary Conflict in Africa
Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Ömer Özak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13679
Trade and Economic Growth: Theories and Evidence from the Southern African Development Community
Matias Jaime Farahane, Almas Heshmati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12730
The Volatility of Survey Measures of Culture and Its Consequences
Giulio Zanella, Marina M. Bellani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12609
Wage Fairness in a Subcontracted Labor Market
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Vidhya Soundararajan
forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12561
Institutional Responses to Aging Populations and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Approach
Patrick M. Emerson, Shawn D. Knabb, Anca-Ioana Sirbu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12385
Nonlinearity between the Shadow Economy and Level of Development
Dong Frank Wu, Friedrich Schneider
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12101
Labor Market Discrimination and the Macroeconomy
Muhammad Asali, Rusudan Gurashvili
revised version published in: Economics of Transition & Institutional Change, 2020, 28 (3), 515-533.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11954
A Theory of Conservative Revivals
Murat Iyigun, Jared Rubin, Avner Seror
published as 'A Theory of Cultural Revivals' in: European Economic Review, 2021, 135, 103-134.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11613
Mass Refugee Inflow and Long-Run Prosperity: Lessons from the Greek Population Resettlement
Elie Murard, Seyhun Orcan Sakalli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11579
Contract Employment as a Worker Discipline Device
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Vidhya Soundararajan
revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Development Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11554
The Origins of the Division of Labor in Pre-Modern Times
Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Ömer Özak
published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2020, Vol. 25(3), 297-340
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11487
Diversity and Conflict
Cemal Eren Arbatli, Quamrul Ashraf, Oded Galor, Marc Klemp
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11159
Structural Reforms, Growth and Inequality: An Overview of Theory, Measurement and Evidence
Nauro F. Campos, Paul De Grauwe, Yuemei Ji
published in N. Campos, P. De Grauwe and Y. Ji (eds.), The Political Economy of Structural Reforms in Europe, Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 1-44.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11048
The Role of Entrepreneurial Human Capital as a Driver of Endogenous Economic Growth
Isaac Ehrlich, Dunli Li, Zhiqiang Liu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10880
The Relationship between Economic Growth and Democracy: Alternative Representations of Technological Change
Almas Heshmati, Nam-Seok Kim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10856
Governance and Public Service Delivery in India
Farzana Afridi
published as: International Growth Centre Synthesis Paper, 2017
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10818
Roots of Autocracy
Oded Galor, Marc Klemp
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10705
Growth in the Shadows: Effect of the Shadow Economy on U.S. Economic Growth over More Than a Century
Rajeev K. Goel, James W. Saunoris, Friedrich Schneider
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10703
The Ideological Roots of Institutional Change
Murat Iyigun, Jared Rubin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10396
Exposing Corruption: Can Electoral Competition Discipline Politicians?
Farzana Afridi, Amrita Dhillon, Eilon Solan
forthcoming as 'Electoral Competition, Electoral Uncertainty and Corruption: Theory and Evidence from India' in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10379
Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures
Oded Galor, Ömer Özak, Assaf Sarid
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9828
Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy
David de la Croix, Matthias Doepke, Joel Mokyr
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133 (1), 1-70
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9586
Managers and Productivity Differences
Nezih Guner, Andrii Parkhomenko, Gustavo Ventura
Published in Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol 29, July 2018, 256-282.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9309
Want Freedom, Will Travel: Emigrant Self-Selection According to Institutional Quality
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Andrew T. Young
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 45, 71-84
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9230
Completing the Monetary Union of Europe as Mid-term Solution of the Euro Crisis
Justina A.V. Fischer, Francesco Pastore
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8975
Religion and Innovation
Roland Benabou, Davide Ticchi, Andrea Vindigni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8791
Anonymity, Efficiency Wages and Technological Progress
Stephen Broadberry, Sayantan Ghosal, Eugenio Proto
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2017, 127 (C), 379-394.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8776
Past Dominations, Current Institutions and the Italian Regional Economic Performance
Adriana Di Liberto, Marco Sideri
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 38, 12-41
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8774
Capital Account Policies, IMF Programs and Growth in Developing Regions
Zorobabel Bicaba, Zuzana Brixiova, Mthuli Ncube
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8689
Expropriation with Hukou Change: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
Mehtap Akgüç, Xingfei Liu, Massimiliano Tani
published in: China Economic Review, 2020, 60, 101391
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8460
Immigrants' 'Ability' and Welfare as a Function of Cultural Diversity: Effect of Cultural Capital at Individual and Local Level
Annie Tubadji, Masood Gheasi, Peter Nijkamp
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8376
Social Protection beyond the Bottom Billion
Susan Murphy, Patrick Paul Walsh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8111
Is Religion Associated with Entrepreneurial Activity?
Andrew Henley
published as 'Does Religion Influence Entrepreneurial Behaviour?' in: International Small Business Journal, 2017, 35 (5), 597 - 617
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8067
Female Brain Drains and Women's Rights Gaps: A Gravity Model Analysis of Bilateral Migration Flows
Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Andrew T. Young
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8001
Euroskepticism in the Crisis: More Mood than Economy
Jo Ritzen, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Caroline Wehner
completely revised version published as 'Euroskepticism, Income Inequality and Financial Expectations' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2015, 16 (2), 539-576
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7886
More Is Better! What Can Firm-Specific Estimates of the Impact of Institutional Quality on Performance Tell Us?
Sumon K. Bhaumik, Ralitza Dimova, Subal C. Kumbhakar, Kai Sun
published as 'Is Tinkering with Institutional Quality a Panacea for Firm Performance? Insights from a Semiparametric Approach to Modeling Firm Performance' in: Review of Development Economics, 2018, 22 (1), 1-22
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7864
Institutionalized Inequality and Brain Drain: An Empirical Study of the Effects of Women's Rights on the Gender Gap in High-Skilled Migration
Maryam Naghsh Nejad
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7826
Volatility and Growth: Governments are Key
Michael Jetter
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 36, 71-88
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7798
Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China
Belton M. Fleisher, William H. McGuire, Adam Nicholas Smith, Mi Zhou
published as 'Knowledge capital, innovation, and growth in China' in: Journal of Asian Economics, 2015, 39, 31-42.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7733
Does Wealth Inequality Matter for Growth? The Effect of Billionaire Wealth, Income Distribution, and Poverty
Sutirtha Bagchi, Jan Svejnar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7673
Industry-Wide Work Rules and Productivity: Evidence from Argentine Union Contract Data
Carlos Lamarche
published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2013, 2:11
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