The post-reform effectiveness of the new German start-up subsidy for the unemployed.

Autor/inn/en	Bellmann, Lutz; Caliendo, Marco; Tübbicke, Stefan
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	The post-reform effectiveness of the new German start-up subsidy for the unemployed. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Effizienz des neuen Gründungszuschusses für Arbeitslose in Deutschland nach der Reform.
Quelle	Bonn (2017), 35 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 11055
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Reformpolitik; Beschäftigungseffekt; Einkommenseffekt; Arbeitsloser; Arbeitsmarktchance; Berufsbiografie; Qualifikation; Case Management; Geschlechtsspezifik; Integrierte Arbeitsmarktbiografien
Abstract	"Start-up subsidies for the unemployed have long been an important active labor market policy strategy in Germany. The current subsidy program underwent a major reform in 2011 that changed its key parameters: support was lowered, eligibility criteria were tightened and entitlement was abandoned by granting caseworkers the right to reject applications. Ex-ante predictions on the post-reform effectiveness of the program are ambiguous, and knowledge about the importance of institutional details of such a program is very limited, making a new evaluation necessary. In our descriptive analysis, we compare personal and business characteristics of participants before and after the reform and we find significant differences in terms of gender composition, educational attainment and industry-specific experience. Post-reform participants also perform better in terms of subsequent labor market integration and show signs of higher commitment. These findings give us some indication for interpreting our estimates of causal effects of the post-reform program. We find that for both men and women, employment and income effects of the post-reform program are positive, sizable, and larger than what was estimated for the pre-reform program. All in all, the program's effectiveness seems to have improved through the reform. Potential reasons for this are discussed and include better screening of participants by caseworkers, higher rates of commitment and changes in macroeconomic conditions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/2