The chapter notes that between 1990 and 2019, the number of people employed at newspapers declined from 450,000 to fewer than 140,000. Some of this decline was the result of newspapers in small towns closing and laying off all of their workers, and some of this decline resulted from newspapers in large cities continuing to operate but with a smaller number of employees. 

a. Were the newspaper employees laid off in the small towns more or less likely to end up structurally unemployed than the newspaper employees who were laid off in big cities? Briefly explain. 

b. Is it likely that no newly graduated journalism majors found jobs in journalism between 1990 and 2019? Briefly explain.