Start-Up Subsidy (new)

Project title: Evaluation and Comparison of the New Start-Up Subsidy Before and After its Reform in 2011
Project duration: 2015-2021
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Marco Caliendo
Participants: Stefan Tübbicke
Cooperation partners: Prof. Dr. Lutz Bellmann (IAB Nürnberg)

Short Description

In 2006, the new start-up subsidy (“Gründungszuschuss”) was introduced in Germany and replaced two earlier start-up support programs for unemployed individuals, i.e., the bridging allowance (“Überbrückungsgeld”) and the old start-up subsidy (“Existenzgründungszuschuss”). End of 2011, the new start-up subsidy was substantially reformed and transformed into a discretionary benefit. The aim of this project is to analyze and compare the new start-up subsidy before and after its reform with respect to the structure of participants, net effects of the subsidy, business dynamics as well as innovation.

Publications / Work in Progress

Caliendo, M., Fossen, F. and Kritikos, A.S. (202x): Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Hire [previous title: What Makes an Employer?], forthcoming in: Industrial and Corporate Change.
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Caliendo, M. and Tübbicke, S. (2021): Do Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed affect Participants’ Well-Being? A Rigorous Look at (Un-)Intended Consequences of Labor Market Policies, forthcoming in: Evaluation Review.
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Caliendo, M., Künn, S. and Weißenberger, M. (2020): Catching up or Lagging Behind? The Long-Term Business and Innovation Potential of Subsidized Start-Ups out of Unemployment, Research Policy, 49(10), 1-14.
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Caliendo, M., and Tübbicke, S. (2020): New Evidence on Long-Term Effects of Start-Up Subsidies: Matching Estimates and their Robustness, Empirical Economics, 59(4), 1605-1631.
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Caliendo, M., Göthner, M. and Weißenberger, M. (2020): Entrepreneurial Persistence Beyond Survival: Measurement and Determinants, Journal of Small Business Management, 58(3), 617-647.
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Bellmann, L., Caliendo, M. and Tübbicke, S. (2018): The Post-Reform Effectiveness of the New German Start-Up Subsidy for the Unemployed, LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 32(3), 293-319.
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Caliendo, M., Künn, S. and Weißenberger, M. (2016): Personality Traits and the Evaluation of Start-Up Subsidies, European Economic Review, 86, 87-108.
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