Entrepreneurship Education: A road to success  The study 8Making an impact. Assessing Junior Achievement of Canada9s 170 value creation9 found that JA alumni are 50% more likely to start their own business. Moreover, JA alumni firms usually had higher longevity than the average Canadian new venture; 171  According to the study 8Impact. 50 Years of Young Enterprise9 , more Young Enterprise alumni end up running their own business: 42% of alumni surveyed started firms compared to 26% in the control group of non-alumni.  The study 8Experiences from participation in JA-YE Company Programmes: What experience did participants in Company Programmes have during their 172 time as company founders 3 and what happened next?9 assessed the results of the JA-YE Company Programme in Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Romania, Norway and Slovak Republic. By the time they are 25 years old, JA-YE Company Programme alumni demonstrate start-up rates which are about three times as high (15%) than among the average population in Europe (5-6%).  The Norwegian study 8Entrepreneurship education and start-up activity: a 173 gender perspective9 evaluated whether former participants in the company programme (CP) in upper secondary school are more likely to be involved in start-up activity compared to non-participants. Results from econometric analyses indicate a positive correlation between participation in CP and start‐ up activity. The analyses also indicate that CP has more impact on male start‐up activity as compared to women.  The measurement of the Enterprise Ireland National Student Enterprise 174 Scheme (1984-1988) showed that the participants to the courses had started their businesses at a younger age than those in the control group, were employing a greater number of people and had substantially higher turnover.  Young Enterprise Sweden Alumni were much more likely to start more ambitious firms (interpreted as corporations versus proprietorships or partnerships). The rate of those starting a corporation differs significantly between Young Enterprise Sweden Alumni and the control group: male Young Enterprise Sweden Alumni are 60% more likely than the males of the control group to engage in entrepreneurship by starting a corporate firm; female Young Enterprise Sweden Alumni are 80% more likely than the 175 females of the control group. 176  The Charney/Libecap study showed that graduates of the entrepreneurship programme at the Arizona University were three times more likely to get involved in creating new business ventures than their non- entrepreneurship course peers. 177  The comparative study 8Impact of Entrepreneurship Education9 showed that the entrepreneurship/venture creation courses had a positive impact 170 The Boston Consulting Group (2011) Making an Impact. Assessing Junior Achievement of Canada's Value Creation 171 Kingston University London / Young Enterprise UK (2012) Impact - 50 years of Young Enterprise 172 Experiences from participation in JA-YE Company Programmes. What experience did participants in Company Programmes have during their time as company founders 3 and what happened next? (2007) 173 Johansen, V. (2013) - Entrepreneurship education and start-up activity: a gender perspective 174 Fleming, P. (1996) Entrepreneurship education in Ireland: a longitudinal study in academy of entrepreneurship journal: European Edns, 2(1). 94-118. 175 Wennberg, K., Elert, N. (2012) - Effekter av utbildning i entreprenörskap 176 Charney, A,,; Libercap G.D. (2000): Impact of entrepreneurship education. 2000. Eller College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona. USA 177 Lee et al. (2005) Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Comparative Study of the U.S. and Korea. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal 1, 27-43, 2005 68