The Association of Parental Interest in Entrepreneurship with the Entrepreneurial Interest of Spanish Youth

María-Isabel Luis-Rico, María-Camino Escolar-Llamazares, Tamara de la Torre-Cruz, Álvaro Herrero, Alfredo Jiménez, Pablo Arranz Val, Carmen Palmero-Cámara and Alfredo Jiménez-Eguizábal
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María-Isabel Luis-Rico: Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Burgos, Avda., Villadiego, n°1. 09001 Burgos, Spain
María-Camino Escolar-Llamazares: Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Burgos, Paseo Comendadores s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
Tamara de la Torre-Cruz: Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Burgos, Avda., Villadiego, n°1. 09001 Burgos, Spain
Álvaro Herrero: Grupo de Inteligencia Computacional Aplicada (GICAP), Departamento de Ingeniería Informática, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Burgos, Avda., Cantabria, s/n, 09006 Burgos, Spain
Alfredo Jiménez: Department of Management, KEDGE Business, 680 Cours Libération, 33405 Talence, France
Pablo Arranz Val: Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza de la Infanta Doña Elena, s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
Carmen Palmero-Cámara: Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Burgos, Avda., Villadiego, n°1. 09001 Burgos, Spain
Alfredo Jiménez-Eguizábal: Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Burgos, Avda., Villadiego, n°1. 09001 Burgos, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 13, 1-16

Abstract: As entrepreneurial interest is believed to represent a causal factor increasing entrepreneurship, research has begun to explore how family systems affect youth entrepreneurial interests. In the present study, we attempt to identify different types of family influence on the entrepreneurial interests of young people. A questionnaire was used to obtain data from 1633 Spanish adolescents (15 to 18 years old) and another questionnaire was used to obtain data from 839 parents. Principal component analysis identified unique family types and revealed that they have differential associations to entrepreneurial interest among youth. These findings reaffirm the influence of family on the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the promotion of an entrepreneurial family culture. This study further suggests that early attention should focus on the detection of entrepreneurial interest among youth so that actions can be implemented in the families to incentivize an entrepreneurial family culture.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial interest; youth; family; entrepreneurial eco-system; principal component analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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