The Economic Impact of U.S. Microbusinesses
This article explores entrepreneurship as the engine behind innovation, productivity and job creation. Finding that "more Americans are becoming entrepreneur...
October 8, 2020
The Return of Business Creation
This article explores entrepreneurship as the engine behind innovation, productivity and job creation. Finding that "more Americans are becoming entrepreneur...
July 27, 2020
Three-in-Ten U.S. Jobs are Held by the Self-Employed and the Workers They Hire
Using the U.S. Census Bureau data, this report estimates the number of self-employed payrolls and how the job creation varies depending on the self-employed ...
April 23, 2020
Opportunity Since 1970: A Historical Report
This publication serves as a historical opportunity index that explores opportunity, access income inequality, and barrier factors in obtaining the true Amer...
April 23, 2020
One in Seven: Ranking Youth Disconnection in the 25 Largest Metro Areas
This publication explores the reality of disconnected youth and solutions to increase youth connection at home and abroad. Disconnected youth are young peopl...
April 23, 2020
Big Impact of Small Businesses on Urban Job Creation: Evidence from Five Cities
This report explores data about jobs by businesses with less than 250 employees in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The work also e...
April 23, 2020
Collective Impact for Opportunity Youth
Opportunity Youth are youth ages 16-24 who are neither enrolled in school or participating in the workforce. This report serves as a framework to better help...
April 23, 2020
Key Soft Skills That Foster Youth Workforce Success Towards a Consensus Across Fields
Soft skills are defined as competencies, behaviors and personal attitudes to enable environments with other people as well as goal achieving. This publicatio...
April 23, 2020
European Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan Report
This report provides details about the European Entrepreneurship 2020 Action plan developed to reignite the entrepreneurial spirit to create entrepreneurial ...
April 22, 2020
My Brother’s Keeper Task Foce: One Year Progress Report to the President
The "My Brother's Keeper" (MBK) initiative presented by President Barack Obama was committed to closing opportunity gaps faced by young people, particularly ...
April 22, 2020
Economics of Investing in Opportunity Youth
This publication investigates the patterns, perspectives and policies associated with the economic impact of Opportunity Youth in the U.S. The report provide...
April 22, 2020
Minority Business Ownership: Data from the 2012 Survey of Business Owners
This brief analyzes the 2012 Survey of Business Owners to provide a examination of minority groups in employment, sales and business performance. Key finding...
April 22, 2020
Longitudinal Analysis of Early Self-Employment in NLSYs
This publication explores the United States self-employment workforce and patterns of self-employment workers. The analysis provides demographic characterist...
April 22, 2020
Crossing the Employer Threshold: Determinants of Firms Hiring Their First Employee
This report explores the impact of job creation by small business on full economic recovery. The analysis emphasizes the lack of relationship between decisio...
April 22, 2020
Youth Entrepreneurship in Europe
This publication explores youth entrepreneurship in Europe. The paper examines common characteristics, work values and business profile of young European ent...
April 22, 2020
Myths, Exaggerations & Uncomfortable Truths
This publication explores the fundamental distinction between millennials and their older employee counterparts and how millennials influence the workplace. ...
April 22, 2020
Building a Skilled Workforce for a Stronger Southern Economy
For states built for low-skilled industries, the global shift an competition creates jobs that requires training beyond high school. Southern states now do n...
April 21, 2020
Identifying Opportunity Occupations in the Nation’s Largest Metropolitan Economies
This paper explores the likelihood of workers without a four-year college degree being offered decent-paying jobs in the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Key ...
April 21, 2020