“Fine...I’ll do it myself”: Lessons from self-employment grants in a long recession period

This paper evaluates the effect of a self-employment grant scheme for unemployed individuals—designed to ease the first 12 months of business operation—on firm growth, survival, and labor market reintegration in Croatia in the 2010–2017 period. Grants offered a moderate amount of finances (up to 50%...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Srhoj Stjepan, Zilic Ivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-06-01
Series:IZA Journal of Labor Policy
Subjects:
j68
m13
h25
h43
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2021-0006