A shortage of skilled labor and low female labor market participation are problems many developed countries have to … female-specific labor market constraints (preferences for flexible working hours, discrimination), this is a difficult task …, and the question arises whether active labor market policies (ALMP) are an appropriate tool to do so. Promoting self …

this paper we present key results from the evaluation of "Perspektive 50plus", a large-scale active labor market program …Job search assistance and intensified counseling have been found to be effective for labor market integration by a … use a combination of different evaluation estimators to check the sensitivity of the results to selection, substitution …

most vulnerable groups into the labor market, in particular the long-term unemployed and the low skilled. There has been a … sort of paradigm shift that goes beyond active labor market policies and public direct job creation in favor of allowing … for a more flexible labor market to emerge, thus implying a growing low-pay sector. This policy reversal can be seen as a …

Offering unemployed individuals a subsidy to become self-employed is a widespread active labor market policy strategy … market prospects compared to other unemployed individuals. However, the examination of start-up subsidies from a business …

Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an … active labor market programs (e.g. training, job search assistance or job creation schemes). What has not been examined yet … restrictions in areas with relatively bad labor market conditions generally increase entries into start-up programs as job offers …

This reference paper describes the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey and outlines its vast …

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate … testable predictions regarding heterogeneous treatment effects from such programs. Using a large randomized evaluation in the … labor market discrimination. We do find a short-run effect on business ownership for those unemployed at baseline, but this …