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Promoting the entrepreneurs of tomorrow: entrepreneurship education and start-up intentions among schoolchildren

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  • Vegard Johansen
  • Tommy Hoyvarde Clausen

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Research and policy literature stress entrepreneurship and innovation at higher education institutions as central driving forces behind job creation and economic growth, but few studies have looked at how secondary schools can contribute to create a more dynamic enterprise culture. In this paper, we correct this gap in our knowledge. The main aim is to evaluate to what extent a European entrepreneurship programme promotes start-up intentions among schoolchildren. The programme investigated is the company programme (CP) provided by the NGO Junior Achievement – Young Enterprise Europe. CP is taught in 40 European countries. Our study is done in Norway, and CP reaches 10% of all children in the Norwegian upper secondary school. Our econometric results indicate that CP stimulates start-up intentions. Hence, it indicates that entrepreneurship education programmes are able to influence entrepreneurial intentions among children with different social backgrounds.

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  • Vegard Johansen & Tommy Hoyvarde Clausen, 2011. "Promoting the entrepreneurs of tomorrow: entrepreneurship education and start-up intentions among schoolchildren," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 13(2), pages 208-219.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:13:y:2011:i:2:p:208-219
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    1. Ishmael Obaeko Iwara & Beata Mukina Kilonzo, 2022. "Towards a Conceptual Understanding of an Effective Rural-Based Entrepreneurial University in South Africa," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-25, August.

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