TY - JOUR
T1 - IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT UNIVERSITY
T2 - 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2023
AU - Froehlich, Michael
AU - Weik, Stefan
AU - Defort, Aaron
AU - Welpe, Isabell
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - We evaluate the impact of participation in a university entrepreneurship education program on graduates’ subsequent entrepreneurial activity within 10 years after their application. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that program participation increases selection into careers related to entrepreneurship, the likelihood of founding, and multiple indicators of startup quality. Several secondary analyses suggest that the observed program effect is driven not by a mere increase in skills and abilities of individual students but rather by social capital obtained through program participation. Overall, the study suggests a strong positive causal effect between program participation and the measured outcome variables.
AB - We evaluate the impact of participation in a university entrepreneurship education program on graduates’ subsequent entrepreneurial activity within 10 years after their application. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that program participation increases selection into careers related to entrepreneurship, the likelihood of founding, and multiple indicators of startup quality. Several secondary analyses suggest that the observed program effect is driven not by a mere increase in skills and abilities of individual students but rather by social capital obtained through program participation. Overall, the study suggests a strong positive causal effect between program participation and the measured outcome variables.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85190454037&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.78bp
DO - 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.78bp
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85190454037
SN - 0065-0668
VL - 2023
JO - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
JF - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
IS - 1
Y2 - 4 August 2023 through 8 August 2023
ER -
