Start-up subsidies for the unemployed: Long-term evidence and effect heterogeneity

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 311-331

  Caliendo, Marco ^a,c   Künn, Steffen ^a,b  

^a IZA ^*  (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effect heterogeneity; Evaluation; Long term effects; Self employment; Start up subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952042012     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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