Leaving Unemployment for Self-Employment An Empirical Study

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 th...

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Main Author: Reize, Frank
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg Physica-Verlag HD 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
Series:ZEW Economic Studies
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a I: Facts, Institutional Arrangements and Evaluation Strategies -- 1 Overview and Introduction -- 2 Unemployment, Self-Employment and Bridging Allowance -- 3 Previous Empirical Findings on the Transition from Unemployment to Self-Employment -- 4 Evaluation Strategies -- II: From Unemployment to Self-Employment -- 5 Theoretical Framework - An Extended Search Model -- 6 Determinants and Success of Self-Employment -- III: Firm Start-Ups by the Unemployed -- 7 Microeconomic Issues on Firm Start-Ups -- 8 Assessing the Impact of Bridging Allowance at the Firm Level -- IV: Concluding Remarks -- 9 Political Options and Future Research -- List of Figures -- List of Tables 
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520 |a 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