Title,Citation,Topic_area,Study_type,Study_evidence_rating,Outcome_effectiveness,Findings,Intervention_program,Topics,Target_population,Firm_characteristics,Geographic_setting,Original_publication_date,Original_publication_link
"Employment growth from public support of innovation in small firms","Link, A., & Scott, J. (2012). Employment growth from public support of innovation in small firms. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 21(7), 655-678.","Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence","Employment-Low-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the effects of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, a competitive program providing small businesses with funding for technological innovations, on employment growth of SBIR-recipient firms.
The study used regression analysis to compare firms’ actual levels of employment in 2005 with the levels of employment predicted by their characteristics before receiving the Phase II award.
The study found no statistically significant relationships between SBIR funding and firms’ employment.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is low. This means we are not confident that the estimated effects are attributable to SBIR funding; other factors are likely to have contributed.","the SBIR Program","Other training and education",Self-employed,"Small business","United States",2012,
"Can students in technology entrepreneurship courses help foster start-ups by the unemployed?","Watkins, T., Russo, J., & Ochs, J. (2008). Can students in technology entrepreneurship courses help foster start-ups by the unemployed? Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 15(2), 348-364.","Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Low-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of participating in the Integrated Product Development (IPD) program on dislocated workers’ entrepreneurial activities.
The authors used data from a survey administered after one year of program participation to compare the prevalence of entrepreneurial activities among IPD participants compared with program applicants who were not selected to participate in IPD.
The study found statistically significant positive relationships between participating in the IPD program and several business development activities and outcomes.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is low because the authors did not demonstrate that the IPD and comparison groups were comparable before the program, nor did they control for potential differences in their analysis. This means we are not confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the IPD program; other factors are likely to have contributed.","the Integrated Product Development (IPD) Program","Mentoring Other training and education","Self-employed, Dislocated or displaced worker",,"United States",2008,