Der Verein für Socialpolitik hat auf seiner Jahrestagung im September diesen Jahres Leitlinien zu Standards von Evaluationen wirtschaftspolitischer Maßnahmen verabschiedet. Diese Leitlinien formulieren einen einheitlichen Bewertungsmaßstab für die Güte von Programmevaluationen. Der Beitrag...

Die Evaluierung einiger bildungspolitischer Programme zur Förderung von Unternehmertum an Schulen zeigt, dass es den bisher existierenden Programmen nur sehr begrenzt gelingt, Unternehmertum an Schulen zu fördern. Dennoch spielt die Schulausbildung insgesamt eine wichtige Rolle für die Anzahl...

Demographic change will be one of the major challenges for economic policy in the developed world in the next decades. In this article, we analyze the relationship between age structure and the number of startups. We argue that an individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or...

Demographic change will be one of the major challenges for economic policy in the developed world in the next decades. In this article, we analyze the relationship between age structure and the number of startups. We argue that an individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or...

New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural advantages or those that arise from social embeddedness, the latter of which may particularly include knowledge spillovers. We analyze the relative importance of geographically...

New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural advantages or those that arise from social embeddedness, the latter of which may particularly include knowledge spillovers. We analyze the relative importance of geographically...

Die Evaluierung einiger bildungspolitischer Programme zur Förderung von Unternehmertum an Schulen zeigt, dass es den bisher existierenden Programmen nur sehr begrenzt gelingt, Unternehmertum an Schulen zu fördern. Dennoch spielt die Schulausbildung insgesamt eine wichtige Rolle für die Anzahl...

We exploit Germany’s reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...

We exploit Germany's reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...

New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural advantages or those that arise from social embeddedness, the latter of which may particularly include knowledge spillovers. We analyze the relative importance of geographically...