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National Entrepreneurship Month is November, it is a time when the spirit of innovation and enterprise takes center stage in our communities across the nation. The Department of Labor has released an updated Entrepreneurship Competency Model,...

National Entrepreneurship Week is the third week of February. Launched in 2006, this initiative celebrates the contributions of entrepreneurs, encourages innovation, and promotes awareness of entrepreneurship as a career option.

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.

Business Formation Statistics (BFS) are a standard data product of the U.S. Census Bureau developed at the Center for Economic Studies in research collaboration with economists affiliated with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released data on contingent and alternative employment arrangements, a supplement to the Current Population Survey. Highlights provide contingent work estimates; demographic characteristics, and occupation and...

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

Resources identified with The Future of Work theme will spotlight forces affecting work, the workforce, and the workplace. 

Adapting to a change in environment offers an opportunity for those individuals with an entrepreneurship interest to consider starting a new path for themselves.  The career pathway of self-employment is one avenue for those who are unemployed,...