Can Entrepreneurial Activity be Taught? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Central America

Bailey Klinger and Matthias Schündeln

World Development, 2011, vol. 39, issue 9, 1592-1610

Abstract: Summary Business training is a widely used development tool, yet little is known about its impact. We study the effects of such a business training program held in Central America. To deal with endogenous selection into the training program, we use a regression discontinuity design, exploiting the fact that a fixed number of applicants are taken into the training program based on a pre-training score. Business training significantly increases the probability that an applicant to the workshop starts a business or expands an existing business. Results also suggest gender heterogeneity as well as the presence of financial constraints.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; business; training; regression; discontinuity; design; Central; America; El; Salvador (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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