Germany in the last decade. The effectiveness of the most important programs (in terms of participants and spending) such as … effectiveness of two start-up programs in East Germany. Our findings even though partly preliminary - are rather promising, showing …

of the criticisms of the current subsidy system, however, is that it overemphasizes work and does little to encourage … care subsidies for child development. In this paper, we provide a systematic assessment of the impact of subsidy receipt on … relationship between child care subsidies and child development. In particular, our results suggest that subsidy receipt in the …

A complete account of the U.S. child care subsidy system requires an understanding of its implications for both … fill this gap by examining the impact of child care subsidy receipt on maternal health and the quality of child … of family well-being. In addition, we attempt to handle the possibility of non-random selection into subsidy receipt by …

-up subsidy" was added to the existing bridging allowance". In 2006 both instruments were merged to the Gründungszuschuss". Since … the bridging allowance has been evaluated as effective and efficient and the start-up subsidy reached new target groups …

notoriously low self-employment rate. Empirical evidence on the effectiveness of such programmes is scarce. The contribution of … the present paper is twofold: first, we evaluate the effectiveness of two start-up programmes for the unemployed. Our …

creation schemes, or wage subsidies - the empirical evidence on the effectiveness of such schemes is still scarce; especially …

this paper, we study the effect of a monthly cash subsidy on young adults' emancipation, family formation, and fertility …. The subsidy, introduced in Spain in 2008, is conditional on young adults renting accommodation, and it amounts to almost … 20 percent of the average youngsters' wage. Our identification strategy exploits the subsidy eligibility age threshold to …