Entrepreneurship Education

Last registered on November 15, 2024
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Entrepreneurship Education
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014839
Initial registration date
November 15, 2024

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
November 15, 2024, 2:04 PM EST

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

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Primary Investigator

Name
Emanuele Colonnelli
Affiliation
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Shai Bernstein
PI Affiliation
Harvard Business School
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PI Name
Paul Gompers
PI Affiliation
Harvard Business School
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-11-25
End date
2026-06-30
Keywords
Education, Finance & Microfinance, Firms & Productivity, Labor
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
We aim to study entrepreneurs’ demand for entrepreneurship education and evaluate the impacts of AI-based entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial performance.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Bernstein, Shai, Emanuele Colonnelli and Paul Gompers. 2024. "Entrepreneurship Education." AEA RCT Registry. November 15. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14839-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
We study entrepreneurs’ preferences and demand for entrepreneurship education by means of experimental surveys. We then study the effects of entrepreneurship education on various outcomes.
Intervention Start Date
2024-11-25
Intervention End Date
2026-06-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Preferences for different types of entrepreneurship courses (eg finance vs marketing focus, characteristics of the instructor, etc). Effects of education on firm performance, entrepreneurial creation, etc.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Interest in entrepreneurship education.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We study entrepreneurs’ preferences and demand for entrepreneurship education by means of experimental surveys. We then study the effects of entrepreneurship education on various outcomes. See PAP for details.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer.
Randomization Unit
entrepreneur-level
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
We hope to reach at least 5,000 entrepreneurs.
Sample size: planned number of observations
50,000 for experimental surveys, 5,000 for estimation of impact of education
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
See PAP.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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Analysis Plan

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