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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reize, Frank
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint : Physica, 2004.
Series:ZEW economic studies ; 25.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • From Unemployment to Self-Employment: Theoretical Framework
  • An Extended Search Model; Determinants and Success of Self-Employment
  • Firm Start-Ups by the Unemployed: Microeconomic Issues on Firm Start-Ups; Assessing the Impact of Bridging Allowance at the Firm Level
  • Concluding Remarks: Political Options and Future Research
  • Appendix.