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Arts majors as entrepreneurs and innovators

New research by Professor Emeritus Neil Alper, Professor Gregory Wassall, and NU Alumni (PhD 2019) Richard J. Paulsen finds that majoring in the arts more than doubles the likelihood of working in an entrepreneurial occupation or innovative industry.

Authors

Neil Alper

Emeritus Faculty

Neil Alper has been at Northeastern University since 1979. His teaching and research interests are in applied microeconomics. Prior to Northeastern, he held a joint position in the Department of Economics and the Center for Business and Economics Re…
Richard Paulsen

Assistant Professor, Bloomsburg University

Dr. Paulsen joined Bloomsburg University in Fall 2020. He received his PhD in Economics from Northeastern University in 2019. His research areas are in applied microeconomics, specifically in the areas of labor, sports, and health.
Gregory Wassall

Associate Professor Emeritus of Economics

Gregory H. Wassall’s fields of interest are public economics and microeconomics. He received his bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his doctoral degree from Rutgers University. …

The research, Arts majors as entrepreneurs and innovators, was published in the Fall 2020 issue of Small Business Economics.

Link to paper

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