initially employ more skilled and more experienced workers than other startups. Controlling for these and other differences, we … find that spinoffs are less likely to exit than other startups. We show that in West and East Germany and in all sectors …

This paper analyzes whether startups offer job opportunities to workers potentially facing labor market problems. It … compares the hiring patterns of startups and incumbents in the period 2003 to 2014 using administrative linked employer … in startups than in incumbents. Therefore, even if startups provide employment opportunities for certain groups of …

labor market performance of workers joining start-ups instead of incumbent firms. Applying entropy balancing and following … workers joining start-ups can catch up with the income of similar workers entering incumbent firms. … (un)employment. These disadvantages hold for all groups of workers and types of start-ups analyzed. Although our analysis …