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Does military service impart unique training or acculturation that makes veterans more likely to become entrepreneurs and self-employed? "The authors investigate whether military service has a statistically significant impact on veteran...

Examines the efficacy of providing self-employment training to unemployed and other individuals interested in self-employment using data from Project GATE (Growing America Through Entrepreneurship).

Examines the effectiveness of the Growing America Through Entrepreneurship (Project GATE) in creating businesses and improving participants’ well-being during a 60-month observation period.

Exploration of best practices and current entrepreneurship operations and policies of the public workforce investment system, including information on how Workforce Investment Boards and One-Stop Career Centers currently provide support for...

Describes the opportunities and challenges Washington faces in furthering the state’s green economy and identifies how workforce development can best help the state achieve the benefits of a green economy.

Examines short-term and long-term effects of entrepreneurship training programs in the United States using a large randomized experiment.

Provides lessons learned from the East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative, a $1.8 billion economic development project that fostered economic inclusion in East Baltimore.

Examines regional economic and demographic trends, analyzes economic development problems and opportunities, highlights community and private sector partnerships, and creates an economic development plan for a group of five Michigan counties.

In communities across the country, many employers are having trouble finding enough skilled workers. They may be overlooking an untapped resource. A large share of immigrant workers are in lower-skilled jobs, however, with the right access to...

Examines research on business ownership and its connection to wealth creation for minority populations, and identifies strategies for funders seeking to improve access to effective business ownership among those populations.