@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp923, author={Dulleck, Uwe and Frijters, Paul and Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf}, title={Reducing Start-Up Costs for New Firms: The Double Dividend on the Labour Market}, year={2003}, month={Nov}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={923}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp923}, abstract={Starting a firm with expansive potential is an option for educated and high-skilled workers. This option serves as an insurance against unemployment caused by labor market frictions and hence increases the incentives for education. We show within a matching model that reducing the start-up costs for new firms results in higher take-up rates of education. It also leads, through a thick-market externality, to higher rates of job creation for high-skilled labor as well as average match productivity. We provide empirical evidence to support our argument.}, keywords={bureaucratic hurdles;venture capital;start-up costs;education;matching}, }