Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/69338 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7121
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Based on administrative registers from Norway, we examine how unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market programs (ALMP) affect the transition rates from unemployment to regular employment and entrepreneurship. We find that the entrepreneurship hazard is highly responsive with respect to UI incentives, and that the probability of starting up a new business increases sharply around the time of UI exhaustion. We also find that while participation in ALMP has a positive impact on the employment hazard, it has no effect on entrepreneurship. We speculate that this reflects the programs' one-sided focus on job search rather than job creation.
Subjects: 
entrepreneurship
self-employment
unemployment
JEL: 
L26
J65
M13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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