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Teaching through television: Experimental evidence on entrepreneurship education in Tanzania

Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Cappelen, Alexander W.; Sekei, Linda Helgesson; Sørensen, Erik Ø.; Tungodden, Bertil
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2015-02
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Abstract
Can television be used to teach and foster entrepreneurship among youth in

developing countries? We report from a randomized control field experiment of

an edutainment show on entrepreneurship broadcasted over almost three months

on national television in Tanzania. The field experiment involved more than two

thousand secondary school students, where the treatment group was incentivized

to watch the edutainment show. We find short-term evidence of the edutainment

show inspiring the viewers to become more interested in entrepreneurship and

business and shaping non-cognitive traits such as risk- and time preferences, and

long-term evidence of more business startups; in general, the treatment effects

are more pronounced for the female viewers. However, we also find evidence

that the encouragement of entrepreneurship discouraged investment in schooling;administrative data show a negative treatment effect on school performance and

long-term survey data show that fewer treated students continue schooling.
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Discussion paper;03/15

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