Employment Topics
Many individuals are motivated and capable of developing small businesses but lack access to credit or have little business expertise.
Recognizing this untapped potential, DOL initiated a demonstration to test ways of helping emerging entrepreneurs create, sustain, and/or expand their existing small businesses. We evaluated this initiative, Project GATE (Growing America Through Entrepreneurship), finding that it had a small but significant effect on business ownership. We also conduct the Kauffman Firm Survey, the largest longitudinal survey of new businesses in the world, to catalyze understanding of how various factors influence entrepreneurship.
Evidence & Insights
Project
Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants Evaluation
This evaluation examined implementation, processes, and strategies grantee clusters use to accelerate regional economic development, and whether federal funding and program structure accelerate the creation of high-wage jobs and innovation.
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Publication
Championing Change: A Practitioner Guide for Leading Inclusive and Equity-Infused Rapid-Cycle Learning
Publication
Digging Deeper into What Works: What Services Improve Labor Market Outcomes, and for Whom?
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