Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35126 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3353
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using a linked employer-employee dataset and taking the perspective of individuals rather than firms, this paper analyzes some effects of joining start-ups. We show that entrants in new firms differ from those joining incumbent firms, and we use a matching approach to compare a group of employees joining new firms in 1995/96 with a control group entering incumbent firms. Our results indicate that individuals' employment stability was higher in incumbent than in newly founded firms while their risk of becoming unemployed was lower. In particular in eastern Germany, joining firms that were older than six years was the best strategy.
Subjects: 
Employment
unemployment
newly founded firms
linked employer-employee data
Germany
JEL: 
J63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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