Sample selection
Technical-professional
Together with the NGO that implemented the program, we invited eight Technical-professional (TPE) schools located in the IV Region of Chile. All invited schools wanted to participate in the program (see SI for more details).The final sample of our neurophysiological data comprises an unbalanced panel with 296 valid EEG recordings that we use for the difference-in-difference modeling. In particular, we have 76 (64) and 104 (52) students in the treatment and control groups at baseline (follow-up), respectively. For the model to estimation of net effect of entrepreneurship program on the VA space, more students’ data are used (331 total EEG recordings, 85(68) and 110(68) students in the treatment and control groups at baseline (follow-up)), because we don’t need to eliminate students who miss personal information that is needed for the difference-in-difference model. Considering the time and complexity involved in collecting these neurophysiological data, especially in an out-of-the-lab setting, this was an extraordinary number of measures. Indeed, we collected more than 400 student EEG recordings. Filtering for artifacts and data quality gave us the final sample (see details in the SI). We also obtained administrative data from the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) and the DEMRE, which is the institution that has the information on the SAT-like test that is a requisite to apply to universities in Chile. For MINEDUC we have 1,888 students and for DEMRE 1,296 students considering both treatment and control group. These samples are considerable larger because comprises all students in all eight schools considered that has public records on attendance and registration to the SAT-like test, respectively.