Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2015

Publication Title

American Economic Journal - Economic Policy

Department

Department of Economics

Abstract

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate testable predictions regarding heterogeneous treatment effects from such programs. Using a large randomized evaluation in the United States, we find no strong or lasting effects on those most likely to face credit or human capital constraints, or labor market discrimination. We do find a short-run effect on business ownership for those unemployed at baseline, but this dissipates at longer horizons. Treatment effects on the full sample are also short-term and limited in scope: we do not find effects on business sales, earnings, or employees. (JEL I26, J24, J68, L25, L26, M13)

DOI

10.1257/pol.20120337

Download

Included in

Economics Commons

Share

COinS