Offering unemployed individuals a subsidy to become self-employed is a widespread active labor market policy strategy …. Previous studies have illustrated its high effectiveness to help participants escaping unemployment and improving their labor … start-ups out of unemployment with regular business founders, with respect to not only personal characteristics but also …

recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany’s persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its …Turning unemployment into self-employment has become a major focus of German active labour market policy (ALMP) in … the unemployed into self-employment may prove to be among the most effective, both in Germany and elsewhere. …

recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany’s persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its …Turning unemployment into self-employment has become a major focus of German active labour market policy (ALMP) in … the unemployed into self-employment may prove to be among the most effective, both in Germany and elsewhere. …

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies … (ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed …

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies … (ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed …

are limited and starting an own business is an opportunity to leave unemployment. However, the survival of firms in … administrative and survey data and observe participants in two distinct start-up programs in Germany for five years after start-up as … well as a control group of unemployed who did not enter these programs. We add information on unemployment rates and GDP …