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Leaving Unemployment for Self-Employment

An Empirical Study

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Part of the book series: ZEW Economic Studies (ZEW, volume 25)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages II-XI
  2. Facts, Institutional Arrangements and Evaluation Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Overview and Introduction

      • Frank Reize
      Pages 3-7
    3. Evaluation Strategies

      • Frank Reize
      Pages 31-38
  3. From Unemployment to Self-Employment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
  4. Firm Start-Ups by the Unemployed

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
    2. Microeconomic Issues on Firm Start-Ups

      • Frank Reize
      Pages 111-114
  5. Concluding Remarks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
    2. Political Options and Future Research

      • Frank Reize
      Pages 171-173
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 175-241

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • KfW Bankengruppe, KSb Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Frank Reize

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Leaving Unemployment for Self-Employment

  • Book Subtitle: An Empirical Study

  • Authors: Frank Reize

  • Series Title: ZEW Economic Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2685-2

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-0168-2Published: 01 March 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-2685-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1615-6781

  • Series E-ISSN: 1867-2027

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 241

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Labor Economics, Human Resource Management

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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