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The COVID-19 pandemic and entrepreneurship in Germany : first observations and interpretations
Fritsch, Michael; Greve, Maria; Wyrwich, Michael - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected not only incumbent firms, but also the emergence of start-ups. This paper investigates and analyzes the pandemic's effect on new business formation, as well as business exits and insolvencies, in Germany. We find that the overall level of business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012626195
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Can government intervention make firms more investment-ready? A randomized experiment in the Western Balkans
Cusolito, Ana Paula; Dautovic, Ernest; McKenzie, David J. - 2020
Innovative firms with good ideas may still struggle to fine-tune them to the stage where they can attract outside funding. We conduct a five-country randomized experiment that tests the impact of an investment readiness program. Firms then pitched their ideas to independent judges. The program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422053
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Can government intervention make firms more investment-ready? : a randomized experiment in the Western Balkans
Cusolito, Ana Paula; Dautovic, Ernest; McKenzie, David J. - 2020
Innovative firms with good ideas may still struggle to fine-tune them to the stage where they can attract outside funding. We conduct a five-country randomized experiment that tests the impact of an investment readiness program. Firms then pitched their ideas to independent judges. The program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012200841
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Economic Freedom, Entrepreneurship, & Income Levels : Some US State-Level Empirics
Wiseman, Travis - 2013
Recent literatures on entrepreneurship and economic growth estimate the empirical relationships between the following …) entrepreneurship and economic growth.This paper revisits each of these relationships using US state-level real GDP per capita, the … Economic Freedom of North America index, and the state-level productive and unproductive entrepreneurship scores provided by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093550
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Start-up subsidies for the unemployed : opportunities and limitations ; financial support during business start-up is an effective active labor market policy tool for escaping unem...
Caliendo, Marco - 2016
Turning unemployment into self-employment is a suitable alternative to traditional active labor market policies in many developed countries. Start-up subsidies can assist unemployed workers in setting up their own business. This option can be especially interesting for people whose work is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449371
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An evaluation of German active labor market policies and its entrepreneurship promotion
Zöllner, Moritz; Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2016
) 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572695
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Regional effect heterogeneity of start-up subsidies for the unemployed
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - 2013
Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an effective policy tool to improve long-term employment and income prospects of participants, in particular compared to other active labor market programs (e.g. training, job search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757302
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Regional Effect Heterogeneity of Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed
Caliendo, Marco - 2013
Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an effective policy tool to improve long-term employment and income prospects of participants, in particular compared to other active labor market programs (e.g. training, job search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079733
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Start-Ups by the Unemployed : Characteristics, Survival and Direct Employment Effects
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - 2021
Fostering and supporting start-up businesses by unemployed persons has become an increasingly important issue in many European countries. These new ventures are being supported by various governmental programs. Potential benefits include not only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325224
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Business start-ups by the unemployed - an econometric analysis based on firm data
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1998
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