(ALMP) to fight unemployment in many countries in recent years. In contrast to traditional ALMP instruments like training … unemployed individuals to exit unemployment by entering self-employment and, thus, by creating their own jobs. In this sense … combat unemployment but also as business policy to promote entrepreneurship. The corresponding empirical literature on this …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 … heterogeneous. -- Start-up subsidies ; self-employment ; unemployment ; direct employment effects ; survival …