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The outcome of coaching and training for self-employment : a statistical evaluation of non-financial support schemes for unemployed business founders in Germany
Oberschachtsiek, Dirk; Scioch, Patrycja - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"This paper focuses on the question of whether improving the competence of new business founders by means of coaching and training programs enhances the duration of self-employment. In our analysis we focus on support activities that are provided in addition to a financial subsidy and which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009228593
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The outcome of coaching and training for self-employment : a statistical evaluation of non-financial support schemes for unemployed business founders in Germany
Oberschachtsiek, Dirk; Scioch, Patrycja - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"This paper focuses on the question of whether improving the competence of new business founders by means of coaching and training programs enhances the duration of self-employment. In our analysis we focus on support activities that are provided in addition to a financial subsidy and which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592363
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Regional patterns and determinants of new firm formation and survival in western Germany
Brixy, Udo; Grotz, Reinhold - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2006
"There is a large body of literature on the determinants of regional variation in new firm formation. In contrast there are few articles on the spatial differences in new firm survival. Using panel data we analyse both items for 74 western German regions over a ten-year period. The positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592388
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Regional patterns and determinants of new firm formation and survival in western Germany
Brixy, Udo; Grotz, Reinhold - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2006
"There is a large body of literature on the determinants of regional variation in new firm formation. In contrast there are few articles on the spatial differences in new firm survival. Using panel data we analyse both items for 74 western German regions over a ten-year period. The positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537161
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Déjà vu? Short-term training in Germany 1980-1992 and 2000-2003
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Orlyanskaya, Olga; Osikominu, Aderonke - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"Short-term training has recently become the largest active labor market program in Germany regarding the number of participants. Little is known on the effectiveness of different types of short-term training and on their long-run effects. This paper estimates the effects of short-term training...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592281
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Labour market entry of migrants in Germany : does cultural diversity matter?
Haas, Anette; Damelang, Andreas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
migrants and other migrants compared with Germans as the reference group. A multinomial probit model reveals that Turkish … market, whereas EU15 migrants do not differ from Germans in this respect. In addition to controlling for individual and firm … of cultural diversity, young migrants will find employment more easily. In contrast to other studies which emphasize the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592318
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Inequality and the (self-)selection of international migrants : theory and novel evidence
Brücker, Herbert; Defoort, Cecily - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"This paper analyses the (self-)selection of migrants between countries which have substantial differences in the … less than proportional with the income level. As a consequence, migrants can be favourably self-selected although the … that migrants tend to be positively (self-)selected although the inequality in earnings is larger in the destination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592435
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Does higher education help immigrants find a job? : A survival analysis
Brück-Klingberg, Andrea; Burkert, Carola; Garloff, Alfred - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"We analyse the role that education signals play in the transition rates from unemployment to finding a job. We compare the results for Ethnic Germans with those for foreigners from the same origin countries and Native Germans. In the first case, the two have the same labour market access but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592451
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Migration and innovation: Does cultural diversity matter for regional R&D activity?
Niebuhr, Annekatrin - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2006
"Recent theoretical research deals with economic costs and benefits of cultural diversity related to immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592485
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Does higher education help immigrants find a job? : A survival analysis
Brück-Klingberg, Andrea; Burkert, Carola; Garloff, Alfred - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"We analyse the role that education signals play in the transition rates from unemployment to finding a job. We compare the results for Ethnic Germans with those for foreigners from the same origin countries and Native Germans. In the first case, the two have the same labour market access but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008852390