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 "id": "au-support-months",
 "cc": "au",
 "lang": "en",
 "kind": "index",
 "title": "Months of benefit while starting up: Australia vs 8 countries",
 "h1": "How long can you keep an out-of-work benefit while you start a business? Australia against 8 other countries",
 "question": "For how many months can someone out of work keep an income-support benefit while starting a business, in Australia and other countries?",
 "unit": "months",
 "unitLabel": "months",
 "axisName": "Route",
 "computedAt": "2026-09-26",
 "stats": {
  "n": 8,
  "median": 9,
  "min": 6,
  "max": 24,
  "p25": 6,
  "p75": 13.5,
  "mean": 11.25
 },
 "coverage": {
  "named": 9,
  "read": 9,
  "published": 8,
  "notPublished": 1,
  "unreadable": 0
 },
 "headline": "Self-Employment Assistance can pay an allowance for up to 39 weeks (about 9 months) during 12 months of Small Business Coaching, with no job search. JobSeeker Payment itself has no time limit while your income stays under the cut-off. Across 8 countries the median is 9 months (range 6 to 24), each read from the official page on 26 September 2026.",
 "rows": [
  {
   "label": "🇬🇧 United Kingdom",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-self-employment-quick-guide/universal-credit-and-self-employment-quick-guide",
   "group": "Universal Credit start-up period",
   "display": "12 months",
   "value": 12,
   "sentence": "A start-up period is up to 12 months when you can focus on growing your business.",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "36979b44a10ce191"
  },
  {
   "label": "🇮🇪 Ireland",
   "url": "https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-social-protection/services/back-to-work-enterprise-allowance/",
   "group": "Back to Work Enterprise Allowance",
   "display": "24 months",
   "value": 24,
   "sentence": "If you take part in the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance scheme you can keep a percentage of your social welfare payment for up to 2 years.",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "03cbdbf72e2e09ab"
  },
  {
   "label": "🇩🇪 Germany",
   "url": "https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/arbeitslos-arbeit-finden/arbeitslosengeld/gruendungszuschuss-beantragen",
   "group": "Gründungszuschuss",
   "display": "6 months",
   "value": 6,
   "sentence": "Sie erhalten dafür 6 Monate lang einen monatlichen Zuschuss, der sich folgendermaßen zusammensetzt: Höhe Ihres zuletzt erhaltenen Arbeitslosengelds plus zusätzlich 300 Euro zur sozialen Absicherung.",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "c6f95594bd97d8eb"
  },
  {
   "label": "🇫🇷 France",
   "url": "https://www.francetravail.fr/candidat/mes-droits-aux-aides-et-allocati/lessentiel-a-savoir-sur-lallocat/pendant-combien-de-temps-vais-je/comment-est-determinee-la-duree.html",
   "group": "Maintien de l’ARE",
   "display": "18 months",
   "value": 18,
   "sentence": "Vous avez moins de 55 ans : vous serez indemnisé au maximum 730 jours soit environ 24 mois (548 jours soit environ 18 mois sans complément de fin de formation ou de fin de droits).",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "11347e5012a346dc"
  },
  {
   "label": "🇪🇸 Spain",
   "url": "https://www.sepe.es/HomeSepe/prestaciones-desempleo/cobrando-prestacion-subsidio-desempleo/trabajo-como-autonomo.html",
   "group": "Compatibilizar paro y autónomo",
   "display": "9 months",
   "value": 9,
   "sentence": "Si estás percibiendo la prestación por desempleo de nivel contributivo y has cesado con carácter total y definitivo tu actividad laboral, y te das de alta como trabajador o trabajadora por cuenta propia, podrás seguir percibiendo la prestación que te corresponda, mientras estés trabajando por cuenta propia, durante un máximo de 270 días o durante el tiempo inferior que te quede por percibir, siempre que solicites la compatibilidad en el improrrogable plazo de 15 días a contar desde la fecha de inicio de la actividad por cuenta propia.",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "c6f5a3b707113360"
  },
  {
   "label": "🇳🇱 Netherlands",
   "url": "https://www.uwv.nl/nl/eigen-bedrijf-starten/startperiode",
   "group": "Startersregeling WW",
   "display": "6 months",
   "value": 6,
   "sentence": "De startperiode duurt 6 maanden.",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "d0a630a570d4045b"
  },
  {
   "label": "🇺🇸 United States",
   "url": "https://dol.ny.gov/seap-finance-and-benefits-frequently-asked-questions",
   "group": "Self-Employment Assistance Program (SEAP), New York",
   "display": "6 months",
   "value": 6,
   "sentence": "You are only entitled to a maximum of 26 weeks of Unemployment Insurance benefits.",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "4e3f8aeeae9d2c8a"
  },
  {
   "self": true,
   "label": "🇦🇺 Australia",
   "url": "https://www.dewr.gov.au/self-employment-assistance/services",
   "group": "Small Business Coaching and Self-Employment Allowance",
   "display": "9 months",
   "value": 9,
   "sentence": "If you’re eligible, you may be able to access: up to $300 worth of small business start-up costs, such as business insurance an allowance for up to 39 weeks and rental assistance for up to 26 weeks",
   "readAt": "2026-09-26",
   "sha": "d17131e84b9283ce"
  }
 ],
 "notPublished": [
  {
   "label": "🇮🇹 Italy",
   "url": "https://www.inps.it/it/it/inps-comunica/dossier/la-naspi/cos---e-come-funziona-la-naspi.html",
   "reason": "the official page does not state this figure"
  }
 ],
 "methodology": "Every row is a sentence quoted word for word from the named official page, read on the date shown and pinned to a hash of the page text we read. 8 of the 9 sources we could read state the figure; 1 do not and are listed as not published, never filled in. One figure per country: the longest period an out-of-work person can keep receiving an income-support benefit while building a business, on that country’s main national route, as its official page states it. Weeks and days are converted to months (26 weeks = 6 months, 270 days = 9 months).",
 "url": "https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/au-support-months/",
 "citation": "\"Months of benefit while starting up: Australia vs 8 countries\", Pontia, https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/au-support-months/ (read 2026-09-26)",
 "license": "https://pontia.xyz/terms/"
}