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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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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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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Premand, Patrick Brodmann, Stefanie Almeida, Rita Grun, Rebekka Barouni, Mahdi |
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Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates |
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Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates |
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Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates |
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Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates |
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Entrepreneurship Education and Entry into Self-Employment among University Graduates |
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entrepreneurship education and entry into self-employment among university graduates |
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