Abstract
Start-up Grants (SG) for the establishment of small firms has been held up as a successful labor market policy. This study shows however that success and failure could be viewed on different levels and form different angles. On the company level, the SG can generate success by allowing for the flexible start, but also contribute to a breakdown by its rules and regulations. From an employment perspective, the grant in itself can both "open" and close the "doors" to future employing opportunities. On the individual level the SG can put people in conditions imprinted by financial difficulties and deficient work conditions.By submitting a contribution to consideration of the Editorial Board of Fórum Empresarial, the authors attest that it is an original, unpublished work, which has not been nor will be simultaneously submitted to another journal for consideration and publication; that they are responsible for the work carried out and the content of the article; and they have the corresponding copyrights.
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