Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates
Entrepreneurship education has the potential to enable youth to gain skills and create their own jobs. In Tunisia, a curricular reform created an entrepreneurship track providing business training and coaching to help university students prepare a business plan. We rely on randomized assignment of the entrepreneurship track to identify impacts on students’ labor market outcomes one year after graduation. The entrepreneurship track led to a small increase in self-employment, but overall employment rates remained unchanged. Although business skills improved, effects on personality and entrepreneurial traits were mixed. The program nevertheless increased graduates’ aspirations toward the future.
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | en_US |
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Elsevier
2016-01
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| Subjects: | entrepreneurship education, training, self-employment, skills, program evaluation, randomized control trial, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23933 |
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