TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Tumasjan, Andranik
A1  - Mergele, Lukas
A1  - Rueter, Ines
A1  - Zierow, Larissa
A1  - Ismail, Ismail
T1  - Early exposure makes the entrepreneur: how economics education in school influences entrepreneurship
T2  - Academy of Management proceedings, 4-10 August 2022, Seattle/Virtual
N2  - Many countries that seek to boost their economy share the goal of promoting entrepreneurship. Whereas there is ample research on the predictors of entrepreneurship during adulthood, we know little about how pre-adulthood experience influences entrepreneurship later in life. Using a natural experiment, this paper examines whether introducing economics classes in school enhances entrepreneurial behavior in adulthood. Our difference-in-differences approach exploits curricula reforms across German states that introduced compulsory economics education classes in secondary schools. Using information on school and labor market careers for more than 10,000 individuals from 1984 to 2019, we find that the reform increases students’ entrepreneurial activities by three percentage points. Examining gender differences, we find that economics classes equally benefit female and male students. Our results advance our understanding of how pre-adulthood experiences shape individuals’ entrepreneurial behavior.
KW  - entrepreneurship
KW  - self-employment
KW  - economics education
KW  - school reforms
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 0065-0668
SS  - 0065-0668
U6  - https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.10345abstract
DO  - https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.10345abstract
VL  - 2022
IS  - 1
SP  - 132
S1  - 1
PB  - Academy of Management
CY  - Briar Cliff Manor NY
ER  -