The study empirically contributes to the discussion on the effects of start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals as a part of the active labour market policy. The article provides insights into the survival and performance of the subsidized businesses in the Czech Republic. The study follows up cohorts of self-employed individuals that were supported during years 2009–2017. The obtained findings show that a vast majority of the supported businesses were still officially active 2 years after the allocation of the start-up subsidy, and even later. The firm-level data further relieve that most of the individuals starting a business out of unemployment stay solo (only less than four per cent of self-employed individuals employ besides themselves at least one employee) and the economic outcomes of the subsidized businesses, measured as annual turnover, are rather modest. The empirical results further showed that higher intensity of public support is negatively associated with business closure and positively with employment and turnover categories. The study concludes that the start-up subsidy for unemployed succeeded in activating unemployed individuals to pursue an economic activity, although further research concerning other outcome variables such as personal income, job satisfaction and well-being is needed.

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失业创业：受支持的个体经营者表现如何？

作为积极劳动力市场政策的一部分，该研究在实证上有助于讨论对失业个人的启动补贴的影响。这篇文章提供了对捷克共和国补贴企业的生存和表现的见解。该研究跟踪了 2009 年至 2017 年期间获得支持的个体经营者群体。调查结果表明，绝大多数受支持的企业在启动补贴发放后 2 年甚至更晚之后仍处于正式运营状态。公司层面的数据进一步表明，大多数因失业而创办企业的人仍然是独自一人（只有不到 4% 的自雇人士除了自己还雇用了至少一名员工）以及获得补贴的企业的经济成果，以年营业额衡量，相当适中。实证结果进一步表明，较高的公共支持强度与企业倒闭呈负相关，与就业和营业额类别呈正相关。该研究得出的结论是，对失业者的启动补贴成功地激发了失业者从事经济活动，尽管还需要对其他结果变量如个人收入、工作满意度和幸福感进行进一步研究。