TY - JOUR
AU1 - Johansen, Vegard
AB - Purpose  This article seeks to evaluate whether entrepreneurship education EE in upper secondary schools promotes male and female startup activity. The Company programme CP reaches more than 200,000 European youths annually.Designmethodologyapproach  The controlgroup design is methodologically strong, and the empirical data are from Norway. Telephone interviews were conducted with 1,171 2425 year olds 50 per cent of the respondents had been involved in CP in the period 20042006, and 50 per cent had not. The analyses also control for other factors of relevance to startup activity.Findings  Results from econometric analyses indicate a positive correlation between participation in CP and startup activity. The analyses also indicate that CP has more impact on male startup activity as compared to women.Research limitationsimplications  A lot of other influences occur between the participation in CP and the startup activity. Although CP may be associated with more startups, these are not necessarily startups of a higher quality, survival rate or growth potential. The analysis also conceals variations in startup activity among CPparticipants with regard to time spent on CP, position in the CP, and obligatory vs voluntary participation.Practical implications  To promote startup activity among women more effectively, CP could be more focused on shaping confidence and increasing perceived competency among girls participating in the programme.Social implications  One solution for how to increase startup activity among young men and women could be to offer EE within upper secondary schools.Originalityvalue  The study measures experience with startup activity 68 years after EEparticipation in upper secondary school, it compares the impact of EE on male and female business startups, and the controlgroup design is advantageous compared to previous studies.
TI - Entrepreneurship education and startup activity a gender perspective
JF - International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship
DO - 10.1108/17566261311328864
DA - 2013-06-20
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/entrepreneurship-education-and-startup-activity-a-gender-perspective-K4gChMsOA8
SP - 216
EP - 231
VL - 5
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -