Teaching through television: Experimental evidence on entrepreneurship education in Tanzania

Kjetil Bjorvatn (), Alexander Cappelen, Linda Helgesson Sekei (), Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden
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Kjetil Bjorvatn: Dept. of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Postal: NHH , Department of Economics, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway, http://www.nhh.no/en/research-faculty/department-of-economics/sam/cv/bjorvatn--kjetil.aspx
Linda Helgesson Sekei: Development Pioneer Consultants, Postal: Development Pioneer Consultants, Dar es Salaam , Tanzania

No 3/2015, Discussion Paper Series in Economics from Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics

Abstract: Can television be used to teach and foster entrepreneurship among youth in developing countries? We report from a randomized control field experiment of an edutainment show on entrepreneurship broadcasted over almost three months on national television in Tanzania. The field experiment involved more than two thousand secondary school students, where the treatment group was incentivized to watch the edutainment show. We find short-term evidence of the edutainment show inspiring the viewers to become more interested in entrepreneurship and business and shaping non-cognitive traits such as risk- and time preferences, and long-term evidence of more business startups; in general, the treatment effects are more pronounced for the female viewers. However, we also find evidence that the encouragement of entrepreneurship discouraged investment in schooling;administrative data show a negative treatment effect on school performance and long-term survey data show that fewer treated students continue schooling.

Keywords: Field experiment; edutainment; developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53 pages
Date: 2015-03-16
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