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41 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17327
The Importance of Luck in Executive Promotion Tournaments: Theory and Evidence
Jed DeVaro, Scott Fung
published online in: JBFA Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 14 January 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16846
A Minimum Wage May Increase Exports and Firm Size Even with a Competitive Labor Market
Eliav Danziger, Leif Danziger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16484
Does Economic Freedom Moderate Perceived Corruption for Firms in India?
Nabamita Dutta, Saibal Kar, Adam Stivers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15903
Globalization and Firm Performance
Luis A. V. Catão, Pedro de Faria, António Martins, Miguel Portela
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15691
Gender Diversity, Labour in the Boardroom and Gender Quotas
Astrid Kunze, Katrin Scharfenkamp
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15397
Job Satisfaction, Structure of Working Environment and Firm Size
Aysit Tansel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15197
Industries, Mega Firms, and Increasing Inequality
John C. Haltiwanger, Henry R. Hyatt, James R. Spletzer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15174
Misallocation and Inequality
Nezih Guner, Alessandro Ruggieri
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14082
The Impact of Regulation on Innovation
Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud, John Van Reenen
published in: American Economic Review, 2023, 113 (11), 2894 -2936
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12367
Wage Employment, Unemployment and Self-Employment across Countries
Markus Poschke
published online in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 12 September 2024, 103684
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11662
High-Growth Entrepreneurship
J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Mee Jung Kim, Kyung Min Lee
published as 'Start-Ups, Job Creation, and Founder Characteristics' in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2019, 28 (6), 1637–1672
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11517
Are Rushed Privatizations Substandard? Analyzing Firm-Level Privatization under Fiscal Pressure
Jan Hagemeier, Jan Svejnar, Joanna Tyrowicz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11154
Foreign Ownership and Intra-Firm Union Density in Germany
Uwe Jirjahn
revised version published in: Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2021, 42 (4), 1052-1079
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10659
The Effects of Firm Size on Job Quality: A Comparative Study for Britain and France
Alex Bryson, Christine Erhel, Zinaïda Salibekyan
published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2021, 27 (2), 113-129
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10371
Firm Size Distribution and Employment Fluctuations: Theory and Evidence
Holger Görg, Philipp Henze, Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol, Daniel Kopasker, Hassan Molana, Catia Montagna, Fredrik Sjöholm
published in: Research in Economics, 2017, 71(4), 690-703
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9806
Size of Training Firms: The Role of Firms, Luck, and Ability in Young Workers' Careers
Steffen Müller, Renate Neubäumer
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2018, 39 (5), 658-673
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9455
Firm-Size Wage Gaps along the Formal-Informal Divide: Theory and Evidence
Binnur Balkan, Semih Tumen
published in: Industrial Relations, 2016, 55(2), 235-266
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9292
Health Insurance Benefit Mandates and the Firm-Size Distribution
James Bailey, Douglas A. Webber
published in: Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2018, 85 (2), 577-595
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8268
Human Capital and the Size Distribution of Firms
Pedro Maia Gomes, Zoë Kuehn
Published in Review of Economic Dynamics, 2017, 26 , pp. 164-179.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7991
The Firm Size Distribution across Countries and Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology
Markus Poschke
published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2018, 10 (3), 1-41
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7632
Patterns of Integration: Low Educated People and their Jobs in Norway, Italy and Hungary
János Köllő
published in: Economics of Transition, 2015, 23(1), 105-134
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7308
Management-Employee Relations, Firm Size and Job Satisfaction
Aysit Tansel, Saziye Gazioglu
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2014, 35 (8), 1260-1275.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7241
Firm Size Distortions and the Productivity Distribution: Evidence from France
Luis Garicano, Claire Lelarge, John Van Reenen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6568
Occupational Sex Segregation and Management-Level Wages in Germany: What Role Does Firm Size Play?
Anne Busch, Elke Holst
shorter German version published in: Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 2013, 42 (4), 315-336
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5519
Product Market Regulation, Firm Size, Unemployment and Informality in Developing Economies
Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet, Cristina Terra
published as 'Informality in developing economies: regulation and fiscal policies' in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2015, 51, 1–27
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5458
Job Creation by Firms in Denmark
Rikke Ibsen, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5202
Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology
Markus Poschke
superseded by DP 7991.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4981
The Investment in Job Training: Why Are SMEs Lagging So Much Behind?
Rita K. Almeida, Reyes Aterido
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4893
"Entrepreneurs out of Necessity": A Snapshot
Markus Poschke
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20 (7), 658-663
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4586
Excess Turnover and Employment Growth: Firm and Match Heterogeneity
Mario Centeno, Carla Machado, Alvaro A. Novo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4082
Is Bigger Still Better? The Decline of the Wage Premium at Large Firms
William E. Even, David A. Macpherson
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2012, 78(4), 1181-1201
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4014
Large Employers Are More Cyclically Sensitive
Giuseppe Moscarini, Fabien Postel-Vinay
published as 'The Contribution of Large and Small Employers to Job Creation in Times of High and Low Unemployment' in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102 (6), 2509-39
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3237
Credit Constraints as a Barrier to the Entry and Post-Entry Growth of Firms
Philippe Aghion, Thibault Fally, Stefano Scarpetta
published in: Economic Policy, 2007, 22, 731-779
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3145
The Formal Sector Wage Premium and Firm Size
Eliane El Badaoui, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2744
Defending Gibrat’s Law as a Long-Run Regularity
Francesca Lotti, Enrico Santarelli, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Small Business Economics, 2009, 32(1), 31-44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2450
Assessing Job Flows across Countries: The Role of Industry, Firm Size and Regulations
John C. Haltiwanger, Stefano Scarpetta, Helena Schweiger
published as 'Cross country differences in job reallocation: The role of industry, firm size and regulations' in: Labour Economics, 2014, 26, 11-25
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2391
Firm Size, Economic Situation and Influence Activities
Matthias Kräkel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2071
A Selection-Based Theory of the Transition from Employment to Entrepreneurship: The Role of Employer Size
Simon C. Parker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1374
Microeconomic Evidence of Creative Destruction in Industrial and Developing Countries
Eric Bartelsman, John C. Haltiwanger, Stefano Scarpetta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 787
Employment Protection Legislation and the Size of Firms
Pietro Garibaldi, Lia Pacelli, Andrea Borgarello
published in: Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2004, 33 (1), 33 - 68
IZA Discussion Paper No. 738
Managerial Job Assignment and Imperfect Competition in Asymmetric Equilibrium
Volker Grossmann
published as "Firm Size, Productivity, and Manager Wages: A Job Assignment Approach" in: B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Advances in Theoretical Economics, 2007, 7 (1), Article 8
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