92 lines
2.9 KiB
YAML
92 lines
2.9 KiB
YAML
abstract: '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 accounted for nearly 17\% of the total
|
|
|
|
spending on ALMP in 2004. In contrast to other programs like vocational
|
|
|
|
training, job creation schemes, or wage subsidies the empirical evidence
|
|
|
|
on the effectiveness of such schemes is still scarce: especially
|
|
|
|
regarding long-term effects and effect heterogeneity. This paper aims to
|
|
|
|
close this gap. We use administrative and survey data from a large
|
|
|
|
sample of participants in two distinct start-up programs and a control
|
|
|
|
group of unemployed individuals. We find that over 80\% of participants
|
|
|
|
are integrated in the labor market and have relatively high labor income
|
|
|
|
five years after start-up. Additionally, participants are much more
|
|
|
|
satisfied with their current occupational situation compared to previous
|
|
|
|
jobs. Based on propensity score matching methods we estimate the
|
|
|
|
long-term effects of the programs against non-participation and take
|
|
|
|
great care in assessing the sensitivity of our results with respect to
|
|
|
|
deviations from the identifying assumption. Our results turn out to be
|
|
|
|
robust and show that both programs are effective with respect to income
|
|
|
|
and employment outcomes in the long-run, i.e., five years after
|
|
|
|
start-up. Moreover, we consider effect heterogeneity with respect to
|
|
|
|
several dimensions and show that startup subsidies for the unemployed
|
|
|
|
tend to be most effective for disadvantaged groups in the labor market.
|
|
|
|
(C) 2010 Elsevier BM. All rights reserved.'
|
|
affiliation: 'Caliendo, M (Corresponding Author), IZA, Inst Study Lab, POB 7240, D-53072
|
|
Bonn, Germany.
|
|
|
|
Caliendo, Marco, IZA, Inst Study Lab, D-53072 Bonn, Germany.
|
|
|
|
Kuenn, Steffen, FU Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
|
|
|
|
Caliendo, Marco, DIW Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
|
|
|
|
Caliendo, Marco, IAB, Berlin, Germany.'
|
|
author: Caliendo, Marco and Kuenn, Steffen
|
|
author-email: 'caliendo@iza.org
|
|
|
|
kuenn@iza.org'
|
|
author_list:
|
|
- family: Caliendo
|
|
given: Marco
|
|
- family: Kuenn
|
|
given: Steffen
|
|
da: '2023-09-28'
|
|
doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.003
|
|
files: []
|
|
issn: 0047-2727
|
|
journal: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
|
|
keywords: 'Start-up subsidies; Self-employment; Evaluation; Long-term effects;
|
|
|
|
Effect heterogeneity'
|
|
keywords-plus: LABOR-MARKET PROGRAMS; SELF-EMPLOYMENT; PROPENSITY SCORE; GERMANY
|
|
language: English
|
|
month: APR
|
|
number: 3-4, SI
|
|
number-of-cited-references: '58'
|
|
pages: 311-331
|
|
papis_id: 33eae18853681a20e5164f6a7310ffb0
|
|
ref: Caliendo2011startupsubsidies
|
|
times-cited: '76'
|
|
title: 'Start-up subsidies for the unemployed: Long-term evidence and effect heterogeneity'
|
|
type: Article
|
|
unique-id: WOS:000288921600013
|
|
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
|
|
usage-count-since-2013: '29'
|
|
volume: '95'
|
|
web-of-science-categories: Economics
|
|
year: '2011'
|