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The Treatment Effect of Business Education on the Supply of High School Entrepreneurs in Atlanta and New Orleans

The Treatment Effect of Business Education on the Supply of High School Entrepreneurs in Atlanta... Strengthening the pathway to entrepreneurship for high school students could be important in regions of the United States where economic mobility is low. We examine the impact of high school business education on the decision to be a self-employed entrepreneur in two southeastern urban U.S. high schools. We appeal to a potential-outcomes framework to estimate the treatment effect of having taken a business and coding/programming course in high school on actually being a self-employed entrepreneur, and planning to do so in the future. We find evidence that having taken a business course in high school increases the likelihood of actually being a self-employed entrepreneur, and on planning to be one in the future. Our results suggest that, at least in Atlanta and New Orleans, urban high school business education can be effective in increasing the supply of entrepreneurs, which could improve economic mobility in these urban regions.JEL Classification: C14, C21, E10, I26, J01, J20, J40, M13 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Economist SAGE

The Treatment Effect of Business Education on the Supply of High School Entrepreneurs in Atlanta and New Orleans

The American Economist , Volume 67 (1): 14 – Mar 1, 2022

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© The Author(s) 2021
ISSN
0569-4345
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2328-8123
DOI
10.1177/05694345211016310
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Abstract

Strengthening the pathway to entrepreneurship for high school students could be important in regions of the United States where economic mobility is low. We examine the impact of high school business education on the decision to be a self-employed entrepreneur in two southeastern urban U.S. high schools. We appeal to a potential-outcomes framework to estimate the treatment effect of having taken a business and coding/programming course in high school on actually being a self-employed entrepreneur, and planning to do so in the future. We find evidence that having taken a business course in high school increases the likelihood of actually being a self-employed entrepreneur, and on planning to be one in the future. Our results suggest that, at least in Atlanta and New Orleans, urban high school business education can be effective in increasing the supply of entrepreneurs, which could improve economic mobility in these urban regions.JEL Classification: C14, C21, E10, I26, J01, J20, J40, M13

Journal

The American EconomistSAGE

Published: Mar 1, 2022

Keywords: supply of entrepreneurs; high school business education; treatment effects

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