(ALMP) to fight unemployment in many countries in recent years. In contrast to traditional ALMP instruments like training … unemployed individuals to exit unemployment by entering self-employment and, thus, by creating their own jobs. In this sense … combat unemployment but also as business policy to promote entrepreneurship. The corresponding empirical literature on this …

unemployment support schemes in Germany. Against this background the main part of this thesis contributes to the evaluation of …

in East Germany after unification, the existence of unemployment traps, their influence on labor market persistence and …