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How should payment systems of means-tested benefits be designed to improve the financial situation of needy recipients most effectively? We study this question in the context of mandatory health insurance in Switzerland, where recipients initially received either a cash transfer or subsidized...
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Do households value access to free health insurance when making labor supply decisions? We answer this question using the introduction of universal health insurance in Mexico, the Seguro Popular (SP), in 2002. The SP targeted individuals not covered by Social Security and broke the link between...
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only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur but also some further positive effects, e.g., direct job creation … heterogeneous. -- Start-up subsidies ; self-employment ; unemployment ; direct employment effects ; survival …
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underutilization, and unemployment arising from the decline of the tradable sector. …
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Turning unemployment into self-employment has become a major focus of German active labour market policy (ALMP) in … recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany’s persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its …
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"Gründungszuschussʺ. Since the bridging allowance has been evaluated as effective and efficient and the start-up subsidy reached new … market policy ; unemployment …
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Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies …
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are limited and starting an own business is an opportunity to leave unemployment. However, the survival of firms in … well as a control group of unemployed who did not enter these programs. We add information on unemployment rates and GDP …
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Offering unemployed individuals a subsidy to become self-employed is a widespread active labor market policy strategy …. Previous studies have illustrated its high effectiveness to help participants escaping unemployment and improving their labor … start-ups out of unemployment with regular business founders, with respect to not only personal characteristics but also …
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We analyze the JobKeeper lump-sum wage subsidy introduced by the Australian government in response to the COVID-19 …
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