Leaving unemployment for self-employment : an empirical study

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The book presents an analysis of the transition from unemployment to self-employment and its subsidisation with the so- called "bridging allowance" in Germany. On the basis of econometric models, the determinants and the success of self- employment among former unemployed are estimated at the individual as well as at the firm level. By comparing different groups of the formerly unemployed, it becomes evident that self-employment is one successful route out of unemployment, as self-employment proves to be more stable than paid-employment. Therefore, the bridging allowance reaches its aim of regaining stable employment for the unemployed. However, this programme fails to create additional employment in the newly founded firms. TOC:Part I: Facts, Institutional Arrangements and Evaluation Strategies: Overview and Introduction; Unemployment, Self-Employment and Bridging Allowance; Previous Empirical Findings on the Transition from Unemployment to Self-Employment; Evaluation Strategies.- Part II: From Unemployment to Self-Employment: Theoretical Framework - An Extented Search Model; Determinants and Success of Self- Employment.- Part III: Firm Start-Ups by the Unemployed: Microeconomic Issues on Firm Start-Ups; Assessing the Impact of Bridging Allowance at the Firm Level.- Part IV: Concluding Remarks: PoliticalOptions and Future Research.- Appendix.

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9783790801682 ; 3790801682
• Dimensions: 24 cm
• Extent: XI, 241 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: graph. Darst. ; Zugl.: Mannheim, Univ., Diss., 2003

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: ZEW economic studies / Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung ; 25

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Keyword: Arbeitslosigkeit ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Selbstständiger ; Unternehmensgründung ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Heidelberg, New York
• (who): Physica-Verl.
• (when): 2004
• Creator: Reize, Frank

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• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/969707835/04
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