Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/178337 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal for Labour Market Research [ISSN:] 2510-5027 [Volume:] 48 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 1-25
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper focuses on the question of whether improving the competence of new business founders through programs that offer external expertise enhances the duration of self-employment. In our analysis, we focus on three different programs that are provided along with a financial subsidy and that focus on founders who started a business while they were unemployed. We found that participation was strongly determined by regional patterns and time, and that individual characteristics were less important. These results reflect a particular regional specialization in promoting self-employment. A statistical matching approach was used to control for selectivity and was performed in a way that explicitly considered differences across regions and over time. The results show that the treatment effects tended to be low. However, we found evidence that external expertise increased passive learning.
Subjects: 
Arbeitslose
Unternehmensgründung
Unternehmer
Coaching
arbeitsmarktpolitische Maßnahme - Erfolgskontrolle
Qualifizierungsmaßnahme
Unternehmenserfolg
Förderungsmaßnahme - Inanspruchnahme
regionale Faktoren
berufliche Selbständigkeit
Überbrückungsgeld
Integrierte Erwerbsbiografien
IAB-Betriebs-Historik-Panel
freie Förderung
JEL: 
J68
J23
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Document Type: 
Article

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