Can Entrepreneurial Activity be Taught? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Central America
Can Entrepreneurial Activity be Taught? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Central America
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创业活动可以教授吗？
DOI：
10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.021
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Matthias Schündeln
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作者：
B. Klinger;Matthias Schündeln
商业培训是一种广泛使用的发展工具，但人们对其影响知之甚少。我们研究了在中美洲举办这样的商业培训计划的效果。为了处理内生选择进入培训计划，我们使用了回归不连续设计，利用了固定数量的申请者被纳入培训计划的事实，基于培训前的分数。商业培训大大增加了参加研讨会的申请者开办企业或扩大现有业务的可能性。结果还表明，性别差异以及财务限制的存在。
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.