subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for … an impact of subsidies on the share of exports in total sales in West Germany but no evidence in East Germany …We use newly available representative panel data for manufacturing enterprises in West and East Germany to investigate …

the government incentive to impact on entry costs, and how entry subsidies can be used strategically in open economies. We … the monopoly pricing distortion. In the autarky equilibrium these subsidies trigger entry, but they eventually do not lead … to more but to better firms in the market. In the open economy there is another, strategic motive for entry subsidies as …

subsidy program for low-pay workers. The subsidies have a kinked relationship with the recipients' past contributions …

We estimate the long-term effects of start-up subsidies (SUS) for the unemployed on subjective outcome indicators of …

(ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed … creation schemes, or wage subsidies – the empirical evidence on the effectiveness of such schemes is still scarce; especially … long-run. Moreover, we consider effect heterogeneity with respect to several dimensions and show that start-up subsidies …

Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an … and survey data and observe participants in two distinct start-up programs in Germany for five years after start-up as …

recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany's persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its … the unemployed into self-employment may prove to be among the most effective, both in Germany and elsewhere …

Start-up subsidies for the unemployed have long been an important active labor market policy strategy in Germany. The …