From Unemployment to Self-employment
Alex Bryson and Michael White

Very little is known about the causes of the increased rate of self-employment among the unemployed in the UK in recent years, or how the nature of self-employment has changed as a result. This study is the first to compare the experiences of both employment and self-employment among people who were previously long-term unemployed. It asks:

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of self-employment for people leaving long-term unemployment?
• How well do people in self-employment fare compared to those employed, form the point of view of job stability and earnings?
• How valuable are efforts to help the unemployed enter self-employment?

£9.95 paperback ISBN 0 85374 690 7
1996 128 pages 210x148mm
PSI research paper