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 …

We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a … by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment … unemployment insurance is reduced. A revenue-neutral rebalancing of social support away from unemployment insurance and toward …

-related Unemployment Insurance. Reecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

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 …