In many European countries, labor markets are characterized by high regional disparities in terms of unemployment rates …

unemployment is a non-monotonic function of the minimum wage level. Effects differ strongly by labour market segment. Cross …

unemployment is a non-monotonic function of the minimum wage level. Effects differ strongly by labour market segment. Cross …

In this paper we evaluate the employment effects of job creation schemes on the participating individuals in Germany …. Job creation schemes are a major element of active labour market policy in Germany and are targeted at long …

A substantial number of young unemployed participate in active labor market programs (ALMP) in Germany each year. While … unemployment entries in 2002 and analyze the short- and long-term impacts for a variety of different programs. With informative …

(ALMP) to fight unemployment in many countries in recent years. In contrast to traditional ALMP instruments like training … unemployed individuals to exit unemployment by entering self-employment and, thus, by creating their own jobs. In this sense … combat unemployment but also as business policy to promote entrepreneurship. The corresponding empirical literature on this …

Turning unemployment into self-employment is a suitable alternative to traditional active labor market policies in many …

driven by negative effects on unemployment and retirement insurance coverage. Our heterogeneity analysis reveals substantial …

who started from non-unemployment and did not receive the subsidy. The data allows us to analyze their business …