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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...

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...

Assesses the Aging Workers Initiative, which aimed to build the capacity of the public workforce investment system to serve older individuals.

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

Provides policy-relevant analysis of the characteristics and career paths of those Americans who have chosen self-employment.

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.

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...

Investigates the prevalence of self employment among older workers who made a job transition later in life and explores factors that determine the choice of wage-and-salary employment or self employment.