ERIC Number: ED672005
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Feb-3
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Can Interactive Online Training Make High School Students More Entrepreneurial? Experimental Evidence from Rwanda. EdWorkingPaper No. 22-531
Jeanne Lafortune; Todd Pugatch; José Tessada; Diego Ubfal
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
We study the short-run effects of a gamified online entrepreneurship training offered to high school students in Rwanda during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a randomized controlled trial, we estimate sizeable effects of the 6-week training on entrepreneurial activity. One month after the training, participants in schools offered the training were much more likely to own a business than participants in control schools. The training induced students to participate more actively in their school's business club, to undertake more business-oriented actions, to improve their business practices, and to interact more with other youth and family members about their business ideas. We hypothesize that the training might have motivated treated students to sustain their business activities during the COVID-19 crisis. [Financial support was provided by Allan and Gill Gray Philanthropy.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Entrepreneurship, Electronic Learning, Gamification, COVID-19, Pandemics, Technology Uses in Education, Training Methods, Business Skills, Clubs, Student Characteristics, Interaction
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: Rwanda
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