Der Forschungsbericht präsentiert Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Implementationsstudie zum Umgang mit dem Einstiegsgeld (ESG) in der Gründungsvariante in den Grundsicherungsstellen. Rein deskriptiv betrachtet hat die Zahl der Förderungen mit Einstiegsgeld auf insgesamt geringem Niveau nach der...

Diese Studie untersucht die Umsetzung des am 1. August 2006 eingeführten Gründungszuschusses nach § 57 und § 58 SGB III auf Basis von qualitativen Interviews, Interaktionsbeobachtungen und Dokumentenanalysen. Das qualitative Forschungsdesign erlaubt es zu eruieren, auf welche Weise die...

"This report presents results from a qualitative study on the implementation of a startup subsidy for unemployed welfare recipients (the so-called 'Einstiegsgeld'). Our central findings are: - After the introduction of Einstiegsgeld in 2005 the inflow into the start-up subsidy reached an early...

"Bringing welfare recipients into jobs is a major goal of German labour market policy since a reform of the year 2005. Direct job creation providing participants with temporary subsidized jobs mainly in the non-profit sector plays an important role for achieving this goal. There are three...

"This study regards the implementation of a new start-up subsidy (Gründungszuschuss) for unemployment insurance (UI) benefit recipients in Germany. With its introduction five years ago the new programme replaced two distinct programmes (Ich-AG, Überbrückungsgeld) that promoted transitions...

"Bedürftige Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene unter 25 Jahren sind eine besondere Zielgruppe der Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Das Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB) II sieht vor, dass sie möglichst schnell in Arbeit, Ausbildung oder Arbeitsgelegenheiten vermittelt werden. Ein Instrument zur Aktivierung sind...

"This paper estimates for a sample of means-tested unemployment benefit recipients the effects of their participation in short-term training programmes in Germany. We apply propensity score matching and rely on a large sample of treated and controls from administrative data, which in contrast to...

"Bringing welfare recipients into jobs is a major goal of German labour market policy since a reform of the year 2005. Direct job creation providing participants with temporary subsidized jobs mainly in the non-profit sector plays an important role for achieving this goal. There are three...

"This paper estimates for a sample of means-tested unemployment benefit recipients the effects of their participation in short-term training programmes in Germany. We apply propensity score matching and rely on a large sample of treated and controls from administrative data, which in contrast to...

"Business start-up schemes for the unemployed have been the focus of much research in recent years. However, not much is known about self-employment programs directed specifically towards welfare benefit recipients. For this latter group, a program granting start-up subsidies for up to 24 months...