IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7557

Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program and Ozone Reductions

Olivier Deschenes, Michael Greenstone, Joseph S. Shapiro

published as 'Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program' in: American Economic Review, 2017, 107 (10), 2958–2989)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7553

Entrepreneurship and the Business Environment in Africa: An Application to Ethiopia

Zuzana Brixiova, Mthuli Ncube

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7547

"Romanticizing Penniless Entrepreneurs?" The Relationship between Start-Ups and Human Wellbeing across Countries

Wim Naudé, José Ernesto Amorós, Oscar Cristi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7547

"Romanticizing Penniless Entrepreneurs?" The Relationship between Start-Ups and Human Wellbeing across Countries

Wim Naudé, José Ernesto Amorós, Oscar Cristi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7544

Do SBA Loans Create Jobs?

J. David Brown, John S. Earle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7543

Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Wim Naudé, Adam Szirmai, Alejandro Lavopa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7519

Fatigue and Team Performance in Soccer: Evidence from the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship

Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2015, 16 (5) 482-507

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7507

Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy

Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7498

Mit Neo-Korporatismus durch die Krise? Die Rolle des Sozialen Dialogs in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz

Werner Eichhorst, J. Timo Weishaupt

published in: Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 2013, 59 (3), 313-335

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7482

The Effect of Migration Experience on Occupational Mobility in Estonia

Jaan Masso, Raul Eamets, Pille Mõtsmees

revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2014, 35 (6), 753-775

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7467

Youth Employment in Africa: New Evidence and Policies from Swaziland

Zuzana Brixiova, Thierry Kangoye

published in: M. A. Malo and D. Sciulli (eds.), Disadvantaged Workers: Empirical Evidence and Labour Policies, AIEL Series in Labour Economics, Springer, 2014

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7459

Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth

Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio Zilibotti

published in: Handbook of Economic Growth, Vol. 2, 1-48, December 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7439

Win Some Lose Some? Evidence from a Randomized Microcredit Program Placement Experiment by Compartamos Banco

Manuela Angelucci, Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman

substantially revised version published as "Microcredit Impacts: Evidence from a Randomized Microcredit Program Placement Experiment by Compartamos Banco" in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7 (1), 151-182

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7436

Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries

Francesco Quatraro, Marco Vivarelli

published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2015, 30, 277–305

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7417

Homeownership and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Commitment and Mortgage Debt

Philippe Bracke, Christian Hilber, Olmo Silva

heavily revised version published as 'Mortgage debt and entrepreneurship' in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, 103, 52 - 66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7371

Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A European Perspective

Wencke Gwozdz, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Lucia A. Reisch, Wolfgang Ahrens, Stefaan De Henauw, Gabriele Eiben, Juan M. Fernández-Alvira, Charalampos Hadjigeorgiou, Eva Kovács, Fabio Lauria, Toomas Veidebaum, Garrath Williams, Karin Bammann

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (4), 728-742