effective policy tool to improve long-term employment and income prospects of participants, in particular compared to other … are limited and starting an own business is an opportunity to leave unemployment. However, the survival of firms in … well as a control group of unemployed who did not enter these programs. We add information on unemployment rates and GDP …

effective way to increase employment probabilities and income of participants. Most of the studies are using matching estimators …

This paper analyzes the mobility between self-employment, wage employment and non-employment. Using data for men in … West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non-employment … increases the probability of self-employment significantly, and selfemployment goes along with a higher risk of future non-employment. …

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 …

This paper analyzes the mobility between self-employment, wage employment and non-employment. Using data for men in … West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non-employment … increases the probability of self-employment significantly, and self-employment goes along with a higher risk of future non-employment. …

This paper analyzes the mobility between self-employment, wage employment and non-employment. Using data for men in … West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non-employment … increases the probability of self-employment significantly, and selfemployment goes along with a higher risk of future non-employment. …

only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur but also some further positive effects, e.g., direct job creation …

This paper analyzes the mobility between self-employment, wage employment and non-employment. Using data for men in … West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non-employment … increases the probability of self-employment significantly, and self-employment goes along with a higher risk of future non-employment. …

only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur but also some further positive effects, e.g., direct job creation …