IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12932

Policies in Hard Times: Assessing the Impact of Financial Crises on Structural Reforms

Gunes Gokmen, Tommaso Nannicini, Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato, Chris Papageorgiou

published in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (638), 2529-2552

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. 12631

Does Light Touch Cluster Policy Work? Evaluating the Tech City Programme

Max Nathan

published in: Research Policy, 2022, 51 (9), 1104138

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. 12179

Slippery Fish: Enforcing Regulation under Subversive Adaptation

Andres Gonzalez-Lira, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12042

Marshallian vs Jacobs Effects: Which One Is Stronger? Evidence for Russia Unemployment Dynamics

Olga Demidova, Alena Kolyagina, Francesco Pastore

published in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2020, 55, 244-258.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11941

Brilliant Technologies and Brave Entrepreneurs: A New Narrative for African Manufacturing

Wim Naudé

published in: Journal of International Affairs, 2019, 72 (1), 143 - 158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11788

The Impact of Employment Protection on the Industrial Wage Structure

John S. Heywood, Mary O'Mahony, W. Stanley Siebert, Ana Rincon-Aznar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11582

The Unemployment Impact of Product and Labour Market Regulation: Evidence from European Countries

Céline Piton, François Rycx

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2019, 9 (2), 1-32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11498

Political Connections and Firms: Network Dimensions

Maurizio Bussolo, Simon Commander, Stavros Poupakis

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2023, 75 (1), 256–280,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11479

Organisational Accreditation and Worker Upskilling in Britain

Getinet Astatike Haile

published as 'Organisational accreditation, workforce training and perceptions of performance' in: Industrial Relations Journal, 2021, 52 (4), 291-314

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11196

Public Funding and Corporate Innovation

Mathias Beck, Martin Junge, Ulrich Kaiser

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11195

Cities and Entrepreneurs over Time: Like a Horse and Carriage?

Wim Naudé

revised version published as 'Urbanisation and Entrepreneurship in Development: Like a Horse and Carriage? 'in: Dastbaz,M., Naudé, W. and Manoochehri, J. (eds.), Smart Futures, Challenges of Urbanisation, and Social Sustainability, Springer, 2018, 29 - 47

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11092

Microdata for Social Sciences and Policy Evaluation as a Public Good

Ugo Trivellato

published in: Crato N. and P. Paruolo (eds,), Data-driven Policy Impact Evaluation: How Microdata is Transforming Policy Design, Springer, 2019, 27- 45

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11011

Before It Gets Better: The Short-Term Employment Costs of Regulatory Reforms

Andrea Bassanini, Federico Cingano

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2019, 72 (1), 127-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10897

Do Environmental Regulations Effect FDI Decisions? The Pollution Haven Hypothesis Revisited

Haeyeon Yoon, Almas Heshmati

published in: Science and Public Policy, 2021, 48 (1), 122 - 131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10297

Privatisation in Developing Countries: What Are the Lessons of Recent Experience?

Saul Estrin, Adeline Pelletier

published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2018, 33 (1), 65–102,