experimental variation in program design is unavailable, we exploit the 2011 reform of the current German SUS program for the … estimate the impact of the reform on the program’s effectiveness using samples of participants and non-participants from before … and after the reform. To control for time-constant unobserved heterogeneity as well as differential selection patterns …

Start-up subsidies for the unemployed have long been an important active labor market policy strategy in Germany. The … current subsidy program underwent a major reform in 2011 that changed its key parameters: support was lowered, eligibility …-ante predictions on the post-reform effectiveness of the program are ambiguous, and knowledge about the importance of institutional …

experimental variation in program design is unavailable, we exploit the 2011 reform of the current German SUS program for the … estimate the impact of the reform on the program's effectiveness using samples of participants and non-participants from before … and after the reform. To control for time-constant unobserved heterogeneity as well as differential selection patterns …

,100 start-ups founded by unemployed persons in Germany. Individuals were subsidized under two different schemes, and we are able …