. Previous studies have illustrated its high effectiveness to help participants escaping unemployment and improving their labor … start-ups out of unemployment with regular business founders, with respect to not only personal characteristics but also …

who started from non-unemployment and did not receive the subsidy. The data allows us to analyze their business …

) measures in Germany. A particular focus is on programs devoted to foster entrepreneurship which can make important … market prospects of the participants. Evaluations of the entrepreneurship promotion activities show high success rates as … well as high cost efficiency. The bulk share of participants of entrepreneurship measures is still self-employed after …

. Using a dataset with over 24 million observations and more than 230,000 entries into entrepreneurship, we show that newly …

Using a dataset with over 24 million observations and the universe of more than 230,000 entries into entrepreneurship …

Using a dataset with over 24 million observations and more than 230,000 entries into entrepreneurship we analyze the …

are limited and starting an own business is an opportunity to leave unemployment. However, the survival of firms in … administrative and survey data and observe participants in two distinct start-up programs in Germany for five years after start-up as … well as a control group of unemployed who did not enter these programs. We add information on unemployment rates and GDP …

Turning unemployment into self-employment is a suitable alternative to traditional active labor market policies in many …

policy objectives on a conceptual and empirical basis. Its focus is on start-ups out of unemployment. Implications for the …

well-being, as measured by the participants' satisfaction in different domains. This extends previous analyses of the … framework. We find long-term positive effects on job satisfaction but negative effects on individuals' satisfaction with their … social security situation. Further findings suggest that the negative effect on satisfaction with social security may be …