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49 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13854
Finance, Gender, and Entrepreneurship: India's Informal Sector Firms
Ira N. Gang, Rajesh Raj Natarajan, Kunal Sen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13677
Informational Shocks and Street-Food Safety: A Field Study in Urban India
Gianmarco Daniele, Sulagna Mookerjee, Denni Tommasi
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103 (3), 563-579
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13420
Offshoring to a Developing Nation with a Dual Labor Market
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Devashish Mitra
published in: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 2020, 102 (3), 237-253
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12943
Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Seema Jayachandran
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12068
Seeking Rent in the Informal Sector
Saibal Kar, Biswajit Mandal, Sugata Marjit, Vivekananda Mukherjee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12050
The Impact of Mass Migration of Syrians on the Turkish Labor Market
Ege Aksu, Refik Erzan, Murat G. Kirdar
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 76, 102183
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10464
Teen Fertility and Labor Market Segmentation: Evidence from Madagascar
Catalina Herrera, David E. Sahn, Kira M. Villa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10359
Labor Outcomes during the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood: The Role of Personality, Cognition, and Shocks in Madagascar
David E. Sahn, Kira M. Villa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10280
Does Crime Deter South Africans from Self-Employment?
Katharina Grabrucker, Michael Grimm
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (2), 413-435.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10116
Informality as a Stepping Stone: A Search-Theoretical Assessment of Informal Sector and Government Policy
Semih Tumen
published in: Central Bank Review, 2016, 16(3), 109-117
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9970
Informal versus Formal: A Panel Data Analysis of Earnings Gaps in Madagascar
Christophe Jalil Nordman, Faly Rakotomanana, François Roubaud
published in: World Development, 2016, 86, 1–17
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9723
Earnings Premiums and Penalties for Self-Employment and Informal Employees around the World
T. H. Gindling, Nadwa Mossaad, David Newhouse
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9545
Illegal Immigration and the Shadow Economy
Carmen Camacho, Fabio Mariani, Luca Pensieroso
published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24, 1050-1080
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9477
Where Does Education Pay Off in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Two Cities of the Republic of Congo
Mathias Kuepie, Christophe Jalil Nordman
published in: Oxford Development Studies, 2016, 44 (1), 1-27
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9231
Bound To Lose, Bound To Win? The Financial Crisis and the Informal-Formal Sector Earnings Gap in Serbia
Niels-Hugo Blunch
published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2015, 4:13
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8809
The Impact of Arab Spring on Hiring and Separation Rates in the Tunisian Labour Market
Ilham Haouas, Almas Heshmati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8524
Labor Productivity in Rural African Enterprises: Empirical Evidence from the LSMS-ISA
Paula Nagler, Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8213
The Effects of Access to Health Insurance for Informally Employed Individuals in Peru
Noelia Bernal, Miguel A. Carpio, Tobias J. Klein
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 154, 122-136
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8046
Inputs, Gender Roles or Sharing Norms? Assessing the Gender Performance Gap Among Informal Entrepreneurs in Madagascar
Christophe Jalil Nordman, Julia Vaillant
Non-technical version published (in French) in: Mondes en Développement, 2014, 42 (2), 166, 59-72
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8008
Non-Farm Entrepreneurship in Rural Africa: Patterns and Determinants
Paula Nagler, Wim Naudé
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