Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas: Incidence, Determinants and Regional Economic Effects

Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas: Incidence, Determinants and Regional Economic Effects

The Project aims at identifying typical patterns and mechanisms of entrepreneurship in rural areas. In this context the entrepreneurial activities in rural areas are described using data from: the Startupdetector the IAB/ZEW-Startup Panel, the Mannheim Enterprise Panel, the Mannheim Innovation Panel and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Following the descriptions of the data theory led empirical analysis looks at factors influencing entrepreneurship as well as regional economic effects triggered by entrepreneurship. Furthermore the aim is to find mechanisms under which entrepreneurship can be described and to see whether they are specific to urban or rural areas. The empirical results ideally will lead to a pattern explaining entrepreneurship in rural areas such that political guidance can be drawn from the synthesis of the data results.

Project members

Simona Christine Murmann

Simona Christine Murmann

Project Coordinator
Academic Assistant to the Head of Research Department

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Lena Füner

Lena Füner

Researcher

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Contact

Simona Christine Murmann
Academic Assistant to the Head of Research Department
Dr. Simona Christine Murmann
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