Are self-employment training programs effective? Evidence from Project GATE

Marios Michaelides () and Jacob Benus

Labour Economics, 2012, vol. 19, issue 5, 695-705

Abstract: We examine the efficacy of providing self-employment training to unemployed and other individuals interested in self-employment using data from Project GATE. This experimental design program offered self-employment training services to a random sample of individuals who expressed a strong interest in self-employment. We find that Project GATE was effective in helping unemployed participants to start their own business, leading to significant impacts in self-employment and overall employment soon after program entry. The program also helped unemployed participants remain self-employed and avoid unemployment even five years after program entry. However, the program was not effective in improving the labor market outcomes of participants who were not unemployed.

Keywords: Self-employment; Entrepreneurship; Small business; Unemployment; Training; Project GATE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2012.04.004

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