Business start-ups by the unemployed - an econometric analysis based on firm data

Labour Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 629-663

  Pfeiffer, Friedhelm ^a   Reize, Frank ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active labour market policies; C35; D92; Firm survival and employment growth; J68; M13; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043286011     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(00)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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