Cultural Pathways to Economic Self-Sufficiency and Entrepreneurship (CUPESSE)

Name: Cultural Pathways to Economic Self-Sufficiency and Entrepreneurship. [link]
Responsible: SEJ-535
Funding: European Commission
Beginning and End Dates: 2014 - 2018
Population: Unemployed people between 18-35 years old.
Location: Europe

Summary: The interdisciplinary CUPESSE project carries out an analysis of the role of family values on the levels of self-sufficiency and youth entrepreneurship in eleven EU member states. The results reveal the conditional relationship between the two factors.

Institutions: European Union, University of Heidelberg, University of Mannheim - Mannheim Center for European Social Research, University of Vienna, Prague University of Economics - VSE, Aarhus University, Central European University, University of Catania - UNICT, University of Granada, Pompeu Fabra University, University of Bern, Istanbul University of Koç, the University of New Castle Upon Tyne, European Research and Project Office GMBH and diaNEOsis.

Products:
- CUPESSE (2018). CUPESSE - Causes and Consequences of Youth Unemployment [video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/Y_XNo48m3Mg

- Fernández, F. D., Arco, J. L., & Hervás, M. (2020). Grit as a predictor and outcome of educational, professional, and personal success: A systematic review. Psicología Educativa, 26(2), 163–173. https://doi.org/10.5093/psed2020a11

- Arco, J. L., Bojica, A., Fernández, F. D., & Hoyle, R. H. (2019). Grit as Predictor of Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in Spain. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(389). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00389

- Arco, J. L., Fernández, F. D., & Hoyle, H. R. (2018). Development and Validation of a Spanish Version of the Grit-S Scale. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(96). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00096

- Fernández, F. D., Arco, J. L., & Soriano, M. (2018). Perseverancia y pasión por la consecución de objetivos a largo plazo: adaptación transcultural y validación de la escala Grit-S. Revista de Psicología Social, 33(3), 620–649. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2018.1482060

- Tosun, J., Arco, J. L., Caserta, M., Cemalcilar, Z., Freitag, M., Hörish, F., Jensen, C., Kittel, B., Littvay, L., Lukes, M., Maloney, W., Mühlböck, M., Rainsford, E., Rapp, C., Schuck, B., Shore, J., Steiber, N., Sümer, N., Tsakoglou, P., Vancea, M., & Vegetti, F. (2018). Perceived economic self-sufficiency: A country--and generation-comparative approach. European Political Science, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-018-0186-3