. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a …, their recent reforms and – where already possible – effects of these reforms. Overall, Germany seems to be on the right …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a …, their recent reforms and - where already possible - effects of these reforms. Overall, Germany seems to be on the right …

economic growth in the future. -- unemployment ; labor force participation ; labor supply ; benefit systems ; public policy …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a …, their recent reforms and - where already possible - effects of these reforms. Overall, Germany seems to be on the right …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a …, their recent reforms and - where already possible - effects of these reforms. Overall, Germany seems to be on the right …

unemployed individuals to exit unemployment by entering self-employment and, thus, by creating their own jobs. In this sense … (ALMP) to fight unemployment in many countries in recent years. In contrast to traditional ALMP instruments like training … employment, start-up incentives are a fundamentally different approach to ALMP, in that they intend to encourage and help …

unemployment support schemes in Germany. Against this background the main part of this thesis contributes to the evaluation of …-up subsidies in Germany, and are based on a novel data set of administrative data from the Federal Employment Agency that was …The promotion of self-employment as part of active labor market policies is considered to be one of the most important …