Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Evidence Review

Topic Overview

The entrepreneurship topic and self-employment area includes reviews of studies examining the effectiveness of interventions that promote individuals’ entrepreneurship and self-employment. CLEAR assessed the strength of causal evidence provided in each study and summarized each study’s design, methods, findings, and the intervention examined.

Status: Literature reviewed in this topic area currently covers 2005 - 2014.

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View the Synthesis Report

Our synthesis reports show the scope of the evidence base and highlight key, actionable insights from the highest-quality causal studies essentially answering the so what of the research.

Explore Studies

Explore Studies

Find CLEAR's plain-language reviews of individual studies to learn about what a study found, how it was designed, and how relevant it may be to your needs.

How do we review evidence?

CLEAR reviews studies using formal standards and procedures that were developed in consultation with experts in research methods, as well as with practitioners working in the specific topic area. You can find CLEAR's current Policies and Procedures for reviewing studies and its standards for reviewing studies and rating findings on the CLEAR's Review Process page.