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323 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4178
Coming to America: Does Immigrant's Home Country Economic Status Impact the Probability of Self-Employment in the U.S.?
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Willie Belton
revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102(3), 538-542
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4123
Entrepreneurial Entry: Which Institutions Matter?
Ruta Aidis, Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz
published in: Grzegorz Kolodko and Jacek Tomkiewicz (eds.), 20 Years of Transformation: Achievements, Problems and Perspectives, New York: Nova, 2011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4093
The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Hysteresis, Business Cycles and Government Policy
Emilio Congregado, Antonio A. Golpe, Simon C. Parker
published in: Empirical Economics, 2012, 43, 1239 - 1261
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4052
Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Business Data: An Introduction to Several Large, Nationally-Representative Datasets
Robert W. Fairlie, Alicia Robb
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3997
Latina Entrepreneurship
Magnus Lofstrom, Timothy Bates
published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 33 (4), 427-439
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3974
Why Do Individuals Choose Self-Employment?
Christopher Dawson, Andrew Henley, Paul L. Latreille
published as 'Individual Motives for Choosing Self-employment in the UK: Does Region Matter?' in: Regional Studies, 2014, 48(5), 804-822
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3969
Switching Costs and Occupational Transition into Self-Employment
Andrew Henley
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3816
Who Becomes an Entrepreneur? Labor Market Prospects and Occupational Choice
Markus Poschke
published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37 (3), 693-710
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3758
Does Gender Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Shwetlena Sabarwal, Katherine Terrell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3718
Gender Differences in Business Performance: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
Robert W. Fairlie, Alicia Robb
published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 33 (4), 375-395
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3644
Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed
Amelie F. Constant
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 145-162
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3641
The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Competencies and Intentions: An Evaluation of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company Program
Hessel Oosterbeek, Mirjam C. van Praag, Auke IJsselstein
published as "The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship skills and motivation" in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (3), 442-454
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3525
The Impact of Risk Attitudes on Entrepreneurial Survival
Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2010, 76 (1), 45-63
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3511
Who Are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
published in: Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar (eds.) International Differences in Entrepreneurship, NBER, 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3488
Mexican-American Entrepreneurship
Robert W. Fairlie, Christopher Woodruff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3250
The Persistence of Self-Employment Across Borders: New Evidence on Legal Immigrants to the United States
Randall K. Q. Akee, David A. Jaeger, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
published in: Economics Bulletin, 2013, 33(1), 126-137
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3156
African Americans' Pursuit of Self-Employment
Magnus Lofstrom, Timothy Bates
published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40 (1), 73-86
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3139
What Makes a Young Entrepreneur?
David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald
published in: Andy Furlong (ed.), International Handbook on Youth and Young Adulthood, Routledge: 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3130
Entrepreneurship in the United States
David G. Blanchflower
published in: Annals of Finance, 2009, 5 (3-4), 361-396
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3058
Why Are the Returns to Education Higher for Entrepreneurs than for Employees?
Justin van der Sluis, Mirjam C. van Praag, Arjen van Witteloostuijn
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