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As public workforce and economic development stakeholders consider how to stimulate job and economic growth, opportunities to support small business and entrepreneurs will increase. These evaluations and final reports present findings from small...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 15 million workers were self-employed in 2016. Self-employment can offer dislocated workers a path to financial security and economic mobility. In 2013, the Department of Labor funded the...

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...

Explores factors that correlate with regional growth in entrepreneurship over time.

Web-based toolkit designed to help states develop Self-Employment Assistance (SEA) programs that will support small business and entrepreneurs.

Details how the East Baltimore revitalization initiative has helped place more than 2,700 people in jobs – nearly a third of whom were East Baltimore residents, as well as provides lessons that can guide other large redevelopment projects seeking...

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.

Focuses on how the degree of balance between the supply of and demand for education affects unemployment and job openings in metropolitan labor markets.

Provides a national context for Virginia’s efforts, documents the Commonwealth’s work, and suggests how Virginia’s successes and lessons learned may be applied to develop a statewide career pathways model that other states may use to develop their...

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...