The German start-up subsidy (SUS) program for the unemployed has recently undergone a major make-over, altering its …. Using propensity score matching (PSM) as our main empirical approach, we provide estimates of long-term effects of the post …-reform subsidy on individual employment prospects and labor market earnings up to 40 months after entering the program. Our results …

We analyze the consequences of counseling provided to job seekers in a standard job search and matching model. It turns …