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The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising more than 17,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics.

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52 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9273
Gender and Constraints to Entrepreneurship in Africa: New Evidence from Swaziland
Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye
published in: Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2016, 5, 1- 8
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8817
Subsidized Start-Ups out of Unemployment: A Comparison to Regular Business Start-Ups
Marco Caliendo, Jens Hogenacker, Steffen Künn, Frank Wießner
published in: Small Business Economics, 45(1), 2015, 165-190
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8651
Do Entrepreneurs Really Earn Less?
Alina Sorgner, Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2017, 49 (2), 251–272
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7889
Skill Variety, Innovation and New Business Formation
Jolanda Hessels, Udo Brixy, Wim Naudé, Thomas Gries
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7852
Business Cycles, Unemployment and Entrepreneurial Entry: Evidence from Germany
Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos, Katharina Pijnenburg
published in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2015, 11(2), 267-286
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7553
Entrepreneurship and the Business Environment in Africa: An Application to Ethiopia
Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Mthuli Ncube
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7460
Regional Effect Heterogeneity of Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed
Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn
published in: Regional Studies, 2014, 48 (6), 1108-1134
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7346
Firm-Level Heterogeneity and the Decision to Export: A Real Option Approach
Wim Naudé, Thomas Gries, Natasa Bilkic
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7302
Does Easy Start-Up Formation Hamper Incumbents' R&D Investment? A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
Luca Colombo, Herbert Dawid, Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Small Business Economics, 2017, 49, 513-531.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7284
Team Heterogeneity in Startups and its Development over Time
Ulrich Kaiser, Bettina Müller
published in: Small Business Economics, 2015, 45 (4), 787-804
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6896
Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 106: 199-210
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6830
Getting Back into the Labor Market: The Effects of Start-Up Subsidies for Unemployed Females
Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28(4), 1005-1043
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6609
Management of Knowledge Workers
Hans K. Hvide, Eirik Gaard Kristiansen
published in: Journal of Law & Economics, 2012, 55 (4), 815-838
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6326
Who Starts a Business and Who is Self-Employed in Germany
Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos, Alina Rusakova
published in: DIW-Economic Bulletin, 2012, 3, 17-26.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6288
Financing Entrepreneurship and the Old-Boy Network
Eren Inci, Simon C. Parker
published in: Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2013, 22 (2), 232-258
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6217
The Interdependence of R&D Activity and Debt Financing of Young Firms
Helmut Fryges, Karsten Kohn, Katrin Ullrich
published in: Journal of Small Business Management, 2015, 53 (S1), 251-277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6217
The Interdependence of R&D Activity and Debt Financing of Young Firms
Helmut Fryges, Karsten Kohn, Katrin Ullrich
published in: Journal of Small Business Management, 2015, 53 (S1), 251-277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6103
Transitions to Entrepreneurship and Industry-Specific Barriers
Magnus Lofstrom, Timothy Bates, Simon C. Parker
published as 'Why Are Some People More Likely to Become Small-Businesses Owners than Others: Entrepreneurship Entry and Industry-specific Barriers' in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2014, 29(2), 232–251
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4790
Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed: Long-Term Evidence and Effect Heterogeneity
Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (3-4), 311-331
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4778
What's the Difference?! Gender, Personality, and the Propensity to Start a Business
Marina Furdas, Karsten Kohn
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