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 t...

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Main Authors: Premand, Patrick, Brodmann, Stefanie, Almeida, Rita, Grun, Rebekka, Barouni, Mahdi
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2016
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spelling okr-10986-239332021-05-25T10:54:43Z Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates Premand, Patrick Brodmann, Stefanie Almeida, Rita Grun, Rebekka Barouni, Mahdi entrepreneurship education training self-employment skills program evaluation randomized control trial 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. 2016-03-10T19:17:54Z 2016-03-10T19:17:54Z 2016-01 Journal Article World Development 0305-750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23933 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Tunisia
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topic entrepreneurship education
training
self-employment
skills
program evaluation
randomized control trial
spellingShingle entrepreneurship education
training
self-employment
skills
program evaluation
randomized control trial
Premand, Patrick
Brodmann, Stefanie
Almeida, Rita
Grun, Rebekka
Barouni, Mahdi
Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Tunisia
description 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.
format Journal Article
author Premand, Patrick
Brodmann, Stefanie
Almeida, Rita
Grun, Rebekka
Barouni, Mahdi
author_facet Premand, Patrick
Brodmann, Stefanie
Almeida, Rita
Grun, Rebekka
Barouni, Mahdi
author_sort Premand, Patrick
title Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates
title_short Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates
title_full Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates
title_fullStr Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates
title_sort entrepreneurship education and entry into self-employment among university graduates
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23933
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