benefit duration (PBD) within the German UI system, we find that longer PBD leads to longer actual unemployment duration for … for those individuals becoming re-employed. With increasing unemployment benefit duration, the founders’ outcomes in terms … unemployment, most research has focused on analyzing the effect of unemployment insurance (UI) policies on reemployment outcomes …

, ignoring self-employment. In this paper, we analyze how the potential duration of unemployment benefits, a fundamental design … of unemployment benefits, we find that longer potential benefit duration implies longer actual unemployment and, as a …Business creation is economically important, and unemployment precedes the creation of a substantial share of new firms …

extensive margin of (self-)employment and on unemployment duration. We find heterogeneous effects on the extensive margin: while … reduced UI benefits extend unemployment duration for individuals transitioning into self-employment but shorten unemployment …Although a meaningful percentage of firms are created out of unemployment and current active labor market policies in …

extensive margin of (self-)employment and on unemployment duration. We find heterogeneous effects on the extensive margin: while … reduced UI benefits extend unemployment duration for individuals transitioning into self-employment but shorten unemployment …Although a relevant share of firms is created out of unemployment and current active labor market policies in Europe …

We analyse the duration of unemployment spells in Poland using data from the Polish Labour Force Survey of August 1994 …. The effects on the duration of unemployment of important socio-economic and demographic characteristics are explored … heterogeneity, we find that the probability of finding a job increases, especially for men, with the duration of unemployment. …

unemployment only and not heterogeneous with respect to individual characteristics or unemployment duration, we conclude that only … changes is, nonetheless, strongly debated. We contribute to this discussion by analyzing the effect of unemployment on LOC … unemployment. Overall, we find a significant shift in stated LOC due to unemployment. Because the effect is observable during …