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

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 …

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 …

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 …

only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur but also some further positive effects, e.g., direct job creation …,100 start-ups founded by unemployed persons in Germany. Individuals were subsidized under two different schemes, and we are able … heterogeneous. -- Start-up subsidies ; self-employment ; unemployment ; direct employment effects ; survival …

recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany’s persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its …Turning unemployment into self-employment has become a major focus of German active labour market policy (ALMP) in … the unemployed into self-employment may prove to be among the most effective, both in Germany and elsewhere. …