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Start-ups by the unemployed: characteristics, survival and direct employment effects

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); … - 2007

Fostering and supporting start-up businesses by unemployed persons has become an increasingly important issue in many European countries. These new ventures are being supported by various governmental programs. Potential benefits include not only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur...

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The impact of risk attitudes on entrepreneurial survival

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Fossen, Frank (contributor); … - 2008

Risk attitudes have an impact on not only the decision to become an entrepreneur but also the survival and failure rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical proposition of a positive correlation between risk attitudes and the decision to become an entrepreneur,...

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The impact of risk attitudes on entrepreneurial survival

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Fossen, Frank M. (contributor) - 2008

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Turning unemployment into self-employment : effectiveness and efficiency of two start-up programmes

Baumgartner, Hans J. (contributor); … - 2007

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become a major focus of German active labour market policy (ALMP) in recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany’s persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its notoriously low self-employment rate. Empirical...

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Is entrepreneurial success predictable? : an ex-ante analysis of the character-based approach

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); … - 2007

This paper empirically analyzes whether the character-based approach, which is based on the personality structure and the human capital of business founders, allows prediction of entrepreneurial success. A unique data set is used consisting of 414 previously unemployed persons whose personal...

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Die reformierte Gründungsförderung für Arbeitslose : Chancen und Risiken

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); … - 2007

Support schemes for unemployed aiming for self-employment have been recently reformed several times. In 2003, the "start-up subsidyʺ was added to the existing "bridging allowanceʺ. In 2006 both instruments were merged to the "Gründungszuschussʺ. Since the bridging allowance has been...

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"Making Work Pay" in a rationed labour market: the mini-job reform in Germany

Bargain, Olivier; Caliendo, Marco; Haan, Peter; Orsini, … - 2005

To tackle mass unemployment and increase participation rates, the German government over recent years has mainly focused on supply side strategies, including 'making work pay' policies. The 2003 Mini-Job reform introduced an extended subsidy of social security contributions for low wage workers....

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Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland : Bestandsaufnahme und Bewertung der mikroökonomischen Evaluationsergebnisse

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2005

Förderung von Beschäftigung. Die quantitativ wichtigsten Programme der AAMP in Deutschland waren traditionell die Förderung der … Deutschland bewertet. Die Darstellung wird ergänzt durch die Einbeziehung der Ergebnisse einiger internationaler … Evaluationsstudien zu Instrumenten der AAMP, die zunehmend auch in Deutschland Bedeutung erlangen, für die aber hierzulande derzeit noch …

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Identifying effect heterogeneity to improve the efficiency of job creation schemes in Germany

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Hujer, Reinhard (contributor) - 2005

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Individual employment effects of job creation schemes in Germany with respect to sectoral heterogeneity

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Hujer, Reinhard (contributor) - 2005

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