selection rule for the investigation of the impact of subsidised firm foundation from unemployment on employment growth of the … firm. The empirical analysis is based on the ZEW Firm Start-up Panel using a cohort of firms founded in 15 labour market … two-step estimator. The FIML model yields a significant negative impact of bridging allowance on employment growth …

-term employment and corporate affiliation. This article examines the economic impact of company builders in Germany compared with … other venture capital (VC) investor types on the basis of employment trends in the portfolio companies from 2011 to 2015. It … is shown that company builders promote more dynamic employment growth than do other types of investors. This finding …

EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May … outcomes in Germany. We finda transitory negative wage effect among German nationals, particularly at the bottom ofthe wage … distribution; and a permanent positive effect on full-time employment. …

Unternehmensgründungen in Deutschland leistet. Aber auch andere unternehmens- und unternehmerbezogene sowie unternehmensexterne Faktoren …

This study investigates firm survival and employment growth of start-ups by unemployed people in East and West Germany … sample of newly founded firms from the ZEW Firm Start-up Panel. The sample contains firms which were founded between 1993 and … 1995 and could be observed at least one year after their foundation in 4 regions of East and 11 regions of West Germany. In …

The paper deals with growth determinants of innovative and noninnovative start-ups in Eastern and Western Germany … external factors on the other side, influencing growth of start-ups in Eastern and Western Germany in different strength …. Higher growth rates can be observed in firms from Western Germany compared with their Eastern German counterparts. Comparing …

the years before exit. For this reason we evaluate whether market exits differ significantly in their employment … important characteristics measured at start-up. The comparison of the employment growth rates among the thus formed groups …. A considerable number of firms exiting from 1995 until 1998 has experienced continuing employment losses or at least an …

and Western Germany. Descriptive analyses have shown that most firms experience only small positive or negative employment … growth or stagnate over time. The job generation mechanism rests with a handful of firms that increase their employment … when separating Eastern and Western Germany as well as using different definitions of fast growing firms. Moreover, the …