Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski

Research Fellow

UNECA

zuzana.schwidrowski@un.org

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Research Interests

Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski is Director of the North Africa Office at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Her research interests are public finance, labor economics, and development. She has published in journals such as Development Policy Review, Economics Letters, Economic Modelling, Economic Systems, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of Development Economics, Small Business Economics, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, and World Development. She holds Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 2011.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16854

Trend in Energy Intensity and Carbon Performance in North Africa

Grakolet Gourene, Samia Mansour Hamouda, Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski

published in: M. Arouri and M. Gomes (eds.), Handbook on Energy and Economic Growth, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14350

Assessing Gender Gaps in Employment and Earnings in Africa: The Case of Eswatini

Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Susumu Imai, Thierry Kangoye, Nadege Desiree Yameogo

published in: Development Southern Africa, 2021, 38 (4), 643–663

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13708

Access to Finance among Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Job Creation in Africa

Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye, Urbain Thierry Yogo

published in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2020, 55, 177 - 189

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12926

Enterprising Women in Southern Africa: When Does Land Ownership Matter?

Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye, Fiona Tregenna

published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2020, 41 (1), 37 - 51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12777

Training, Human Capital, and Gender Gaps in Entrepreneurial Performance

Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye, Mona Said

published in: Economic Modelling, 2020, 85, 367-380

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12198

Networks, Start-Up Capital and Women's Entrepreneurial Performance in Africa: Evidence from Eswatini

Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye

published in: A. Bullough, D. Hechavarria, C. Brush and L. Edelman (eds.), Programs, Policies, & Practices: Fostering High-Growth Women’s Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10704

Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Skills in Low-Income Countries

Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Balázs Égert

published in: Economic Modelling, 2017, 67, 381 - 391

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10455

Gender Disparities in Employment and Earnings in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Swaziland

Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye

updated and substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 14350

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10279

Start-Up Capital and Women's Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Swaziland

Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye

substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No.12198