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Article: Do elite colleges matter? The impact on entrepreneurship decisions and career dynamics
Title | Do elite colleges matter? The impact on entrepreneurship decisions and career dynamics |
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Keywords | D15 elite college Entrepreneurship I20 intergenerational transfer J24 |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Citation | Quantitative Economics, 2021, v. 12, n. 4, p. 1347-1397 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Elite college attendance significantly impacts students' entrepreneurship decisions and career dynamics. We find that an elite college degree is positively correlated with entrepreneurship (i.e., owning an incorporated business) but not with other self-employment forms. Our overlapping generations model captures self-selection in education and career choices based on heterogeneous ability and family wealth endowments over the life cycle. Our estimates show that (1) entrepreneurs and other self-employed individuals require different types of human capital, and (2) elite colleges generate considerably more human capital gain than ordinary colleges, particularly for entrepreneurs. Distinguishing between elite and ordinary colleges improves our prediction of entrepreneurship decisions. Providing subsidies for elite colleges is more efficient than subsidizing their ordinary counterparts to encourage entrepreneurship, enhance intergenerational mobility, and enhance welfare. In contrast, although start-up subsidy increases entrepreneurship, it does not improve their performance, and it is inferior to education subsidy in generating efficiency, equality, and intergenerational mobility. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/330736 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 4.720 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Guo, Naijia | - |
dc.contributor.author | Leung, Charles Ka Yui | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-05T12:13:44Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-05T12:13:44Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Quantitative Economics, 2021, v. 12, n. 4, p. 1347-1397 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1759-7323 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/330736 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Elite college attendance significantly impacts students' entrepreneurship decisions and career dynamics. We find that an elite college degree is positively correlated with entrepreneurship (i.e., owning an incorporated business) but not with other self-employment forms. Our overlapping generations model captures self-selection in education and career choices based on heterogeneous ability and family wealth endowments over the life cycle. Our estimates show that (1) entrepreneurs and other self-employed individuals require different types of human capital, and (2) elite colleges generate considerably more human capital gain than ordinary colleges, particularly for entrepreneurs. Distinguishing between elite and ordinary colleges improves our prediction of entrepreneurship decisions. Providing subsidies for elite colleges is more efficient than subsidizing their ordinary counterparts to encourage entrepreneurship, enhance intergenerational mobility, and enhance welfare. In contrast, although start-up subsidy increases entrepreneurship, it does not improve their performance, and it is inferior to education subsidy in generating efficiency, equality, and intergenerational mobility. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Quantitative Economics | - |
dc.subject | D15 | - |
dc.subject | elite college | - |
dc.subject | Entrepreneurship | - |
dc.subject | I20 | - |
dc.subject | intergenerational transfer | - |
dc.subject | J24 | - |
dc.title | Do elite colleges matter? The impact on entrepreneurship decisions and career dynamics | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3982/QE1587 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85118852109 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 12 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1347 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1397 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1759-7331 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000717047700011 | - |