2020/2021 Global Report of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
Regional, Global

The world is currently in the grip of a devastating pandemic, COVID-19, which has been causing...

Covid-19
Entrepreneurs
Growth
Diagnosing COVID-19 Impacts on Entrepreneurship: Exploring Policy Remedies for Recovery
Global

During the first week of March 2020, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) consortium gathered...

Covid-19
Economy
Entrepreneurs
Growth
Public policies
SMEs key to sustainable growth
Egypt, Global

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the engines of global economic growth and employment...

Employment
Growth
Industry
SMEs
Do youth employment programs improve labor market outcomes? A quantitative review
Global

Bringing young people into productive work is a key labor market challenge in both developing and...

Employment
Labour
Public policies
Youth
Youth unemployment
Do entrepreneurship policies work? Evidence from 460 start-up program competitions across the globe
Global

Many organizations around the world implement programs designed to encourage entrepreneurship...

Entrepreneurs
Impact evaluations
SMEs
Startups
Youth
Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges
Global

The contribution of entrepreneurial businesses to economic growth is an often debated topic among...

Economy
Entrepreneurs
Growth
Innovation
Startups
Supporting Self-Employment and Small-Scale Entrepreneurship : Potential Programs to Improve Livelihoods for Vulnerable Workers
Global

Worldwide, around 55 percent of workers are self-employed, and about three-quarters of these are...

Earnings
Employment
Entrepreneurs
Impact evaluations
Value chains
Entrepreneurs and their impact on jobs and economic growth
Global

Entrepreneurs, creators of new firms, are a rare species. Even in innovation-driven economies, only...

Economy
Employment
Entrepreneurs
Growth
Jobs
The Psychology of Entrepreneurship
Global

In this review of the psychology of entrepreneurship, we first present meta-analytic findings...

Culture
Education
Entrepreneurs
Psychology
Skills
Entrepreneurship Programs in Developing Countries: A Meta Regression Analysis
Global

This paper provides a synthetic and systematic review on the effectiveness of various...

Economy
Entrepreneurs
Impact evaluations
Meta analysis
Public policies