This paper is about the reemployment difficulties of "mainstream" workers dislocated in mid-career by structural economic change. Contrary to popular assumptions, empirical evidence suggests that most workers in this category do not encounter extraordinary reemployment difficulties. Copyright...

Government programs in Britain and France allow the unemployed to receive transfer payments while they attempt to create their own employment through new small businesses. This study finds that businesses formed under those programs, even more than most small enterprises, generate only limited...