Abstract

We present experimental evidence on the effects of entrepreneurship training for unemployed workers in the U.S. at two different stages in the business cycle. In the context of a strong economy, training helped training participants – particularly those with prior self-employment experience – to start a business and become self-employed, while it may have persuaded others to pursue salary employment instead. During the Great Recession, training helped training participants become self-employed, particularly those with no prior self-employment experience. Regardless of economic conditions, positive impacts on self-employment were partly or largely offset by reductions in regular employment. These findings indicate that entrepreneurship training may help unemployed workers to become self-employed at different stages of the business cycle, but there is weak evidence that it can be an effective policy for combating unemployment, particularly during recessions.

中文翻译：

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从失业到个体经营：创业培训的作用

摘要

我们提供了在商业周期的两个不同阶段对美国失业工人进行创业培训的效果的实验证据。在经济强劲的背景下，培训有助于培训参与者（尤其是具有自营职业经验的参与者）开办企业并成为个体经营者，而这可能却说服了其他人从事有薪职业。在大萧条期间，培训帮助培训了参与者成为个体经营者，尤其是那些以前没有个体经营经验的个体。无论经济状况如何，对正规职业的积极影响都被固定就业的减少部分或很大程度上抵消了。这些发现表明，创业培训可以帮助失业工人在商业周期的不同阶段成为自谋职业，