The Effect of Early Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Laura Rosendahl Huber, Randolph Sloof and Mirjam Praag
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Laura Rosendahl Huber: University of Amsterdam

No 12-041/3, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the 'European Economic Review' , 2014, 72(11), pages 76-97.

The aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of early entrepreneurship education. To this end, we conduct a randomized field experiment to evaluate a leading entrepreneurship education program that is taught worldwide in the final grade of primary school. We focus on pupils’ development of entrepreneurship knowledge and a set of non-cognitive skills relevant for entrepreneurial activity. The results indicate that knowledge is unaffected by the program. However, the program has a robust positive effect on non-cognitive entrepreneurial skills. This is surprising since previous evaluations found zero or negative effects. Because these earlier studies all pertain to entrepreneurship education for adolescents, our result tentatively suggests that non-cognitive entrepreneurial skills are best developed at an early age.

Keywords: Skill formation; field experiment; entrepreneurship education; entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 I21 J24 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-04-20
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