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In the gig economy, self-employed and contingent workers find work through digital platforms and other avenues. Developing strategies to serve these freelance or gig workers is challenging, and public workforce agencies rely on research about the...

Underscores the importance of having a caring adult in a young person’s life who can guide and support the youth.

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...

This survey of entrepreneurs' observations regarding their own success or failure in starting small businesses offers insights into conditions that can more efficiently foster entrepreneurship and the gig/sharing economy.

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...

This resource offers a clear and user-friendly road map for administrators, service providers, practitioners, and policy makers seeking to develop career pathway systems at local regional, and/or state levels.

In a follow-up to a 2019 study of low-income young adult gig workers, the researchers reconnected with study participants to explore how they had been affected by the pandemic-driven health and economic crises. They learned that most of them are...

Provides guidance and tools for developing, implementing, and monitoring state policies and practices that support an effective state adult basic education to postsecondary education and training transition system.

The experiences of workers in nonstandard employment arrangements are a growing concern for policymakers. These include contingent or temporary workers, contract company workers, independent contractors, and people employed in “gig” jobs. Though...

Combines a review of existing research and input from stakeholders such as employers and workforce professionals to identify the soft skills critical to workforce success for youth ages 15-29; also provides recommendations for future research that...