Fostering rural entrepreneurship: An ex-post analysis for Spanish municipalities

Ana Patricia Fanjul Alemany, Liliana Herrera, MARÍA FELISA MUÑOZ-DOYAGUE · 2023 · Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Summary. A Spanish policy promoting rural entrepreneurship through bottom-up ecosystem relationships reduced unemployment in treated municipalities, but showed no spillover effects. Infrastructure and innovation funding proved effective at lowering joblessness, while technology adoption alone did not. Female workers experienced smaller benefits, revealing that basic infrastructure matters more than technology alone for rural economic development.

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Alemany, A. P. F., Herrera, L., & MUÑOZ-DOYAGUE, M. F.. (2023). Fostering rural entrepreneurship: An ex-post analysis for Spanish municipalities. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122915

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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122915
Countries: Spain
Regions: Europe
Categories: entrepreneurship, policy, regional-innovation-systems
Added: 2026-04-28