Business creation is economically important, and unemployment precedes the creation of a substantial share of new firms …. Yet, most research has focused on analyzing the effects of unemployment insurance policies on re-employment outcomes …, ignoring self-employment. In this paper, we analyze how the potential duration of unemployment benefits, a fundamental design …

We examine the impact of job loss on entrepreneurship behavior in Norway. Our identification strategy relies on the use …

programs (ALMP) affect the transition rates from unemployment to regular employment and entrepreneurship. We find that the …Based on administrative registers from Norway, we examine how unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market … entrepreneurship hazard is highly responsive with respect to UI incentives, and that the probability of starting up a new business …

. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; unemployment …We examine the impact of job loss on entrepreneurship behavior in Norway. Our identification strategy relies on the use …

We examine the impact of job loss on entrepreneurship behavior in Norway. Our identification strategy relies on the use …

up a risky entrepreneurial venture. Using administrative data from Denmark, where unemployment insurance (UI) is …

up a risky entrepreneurial venture. Using administrative data from Denmark, where unemployment insurance (UI) is …

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, high … unemployment rates may lead to start-up activity of self-employed individuals (the “refugee” effect). On the other hand, higher … rates of self-employment may indicate increased entrepreneurial activity reducing unemployment in subsequent periods (the …

programs (ALMP) affect the transition rates from unemployment to regular employment and entrepreneurship. We find that the … search rather than job creation. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; unemployment …Based on administrative registers from Norway, we examine how unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market …

programs (ALMP) affect the transition rates from unemployment to regular employment and entrepreneurship. We find that the …Based on administrative registers from Norway, we examine how unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market … entrepreneurship hazard is highly responsive with respect to UI incentives, and that the probability of starting up a new business …