only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur but also some further positive effects, e.g., direct job creation …,100 start-ups founded by unemployed persons in Germany. Individuals were subsidized under two different schemes, and we are able …

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 …

-up subsidy" was added to the existing bridging allowance". In 2006 both instruments were merged to the Gründungszuschuss". Since … the bridging allowance has been evaluated as effective and efficient and the start-up subsidy reached new target groups …

Germany in the last decade. The effectiveness of the most important programs (in terms of participants and spending) such as … effectiveness of two start-up programs in East Germany. Our findings even though partly preliminary - are rather promising, showing … a labor market with structural problems such as the one in East Germany. …

, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously … unemployment. …

Die Gründungsförderung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit ist im Rahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik im Rechtskreis SGB …

matching techniques, we analyse the effects of marginal employment on future individual outcome variables such as unemployment …, (ii) reduces future unemployment, (iii) slightly increases cumulated future earnings, on average, and (iv) is associated … with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. …